WordCmp.com

optical disc vs videodisc

videodisc vs optical disc

optical disc and videodisc both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
optical disc Yes No No No
videodisc Yes No No No
As nouns, videodisc is a hyponym of optical disc; that is, videodisc is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than optical disc:
  • optical disc: a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface
  • videodisc: a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
Other hyponyms of optical disc include CD, compact disc, compact disk, DVD, videodisk.
optical disc (noun) videodisc (noun)
a disk coated with plastic that can store digital data as tiny pits etched in the surface; is read with a laser that scans the surface a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
Difference between optical disc and videodisc

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.