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magnetic disc vs diskette

diskette vs magnetic disc

magnetic disc and diskette both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
magnetic disc Yes No No No
diskette Yes No No No
As nouns, diskette is a hyponym of magnetic disc; that is, diskette is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than magnetic disc:
  • magnetic disc: (computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored
  • diskette: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
Other hyponyms of magnetic disc include floppy, floppy disk, fixed disk, hard disc, hard disk.
magnetic disc (noun) diskette (noun)
(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer
Difference between magnetic disc and diskette

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