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videodisc vs optical disc

optical disc vs videodisc

videodisc and optical disc both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
videodisc Yes No No No
optical disc Yes No No No
As nouns, optical disc is a hypernym of videodisc; that is, optical disc is a word with a broader meaning than videodisc:
  • videodisc: a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
  • 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
Other hypernyms of videodisc include optical disk.
videodisc (noun) optical disc (noun)
a digital recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set 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
Difference between videodisc and optical disc

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