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I heard some people say theyre the same thing, but others are adamant that they have different meanings. Which is it?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Find me an American who says his car is equipped with "disk brakes." "Disk" is peculiar to computer magnetic storage media, and "disc" for a round object that probably spins.

[–] pyre 5 points 3 months ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_(mathematics) preferred spelling here

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disk main entry lists disc as a variant spelling while the entry for disc: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disc notes it as a variant spelling of disk

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/disc links to disk

Cambridge online dictionary seems to agree with you more but it's always been the shittiest of them

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 3 months ago

Wikipedia tells me that they were initially developed in England and finally patented in Germany, so I'm guessing that's why the British spelling is used in that case.