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Disc vs. Disk

Disc

/dɪsk/

A flat, thin, round object or a device used to store data in computers

Examples:

My smoke disc always turns itself on."One of them is a smoke disc.She lost her smoke disc in the crowded dance club.

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Disk

/dɪsk/

A flat, thin, circular object or surface.

Examples:

She inserted the disk into the drive.Backup your data on an external disk regularly.Astronomers discovered a new disk galaxy.

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This word has no antonyms

Ways to tell them apart:

Both disc and disk refer to flat, circular objects, but they are used in slightly different contexts.
Disc is often used in British English, while disk is more common in American English.
Remember compact disc as a term for media like CDs, which often uses the c.
Disk is typically seen in computing, like hard disk or disk space, featuring a k which aligns with tech terms that also have more frequent use of k.
The spelling may suggest the type of storage; disc can be optical storage (CD, DVD), whereas disk can be magnetic storage (hard drives).

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