disk vs intervertebral disc

intervertebral disc vs disk

disk and intervertebral disc both are nouns.

disk is a verb but intervertebral disc is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disk	Yes	No	Yes	No
intervertebral disc	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, intervertebral disc is a hyponym of disk; that is, intervertebral disc is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than disk:

disk: something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate
intervertebral disc: a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)

Other hyponyms of disk include intervertebral disk, dot, point.

disk (noun)	intervertebral disc (noun)
a flat circular plate	a fibrocartilaginous disc serving as a cushion between all of the vertebrae of the spinal column (except between the first two)
sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate

disk (verb)	intervertebral disc (verb)
draw a harrow over (land)

Difference between disk and intervertebral disc

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