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Biscuit vs Diskette - What's the difference?

biscuit | diskette |

As nouns the difference between biscuit and diskette

is that biscuit is a cookie small, flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm while diskette is a small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.

biscuit

English

(wikipedia biscuit)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (lb) A cookie .
  • (UK) A cracker.
    • cheese and biscuits
  • (chiefly, North America) A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
  • A form of unglazed earthenware.
  • *
  • (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
  • A light brown colour.
  • (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.

    • Quotations

    (English Citations of "biscuit")

    Usage notes

    * In British usage, a (term) is distinct from a (term); the former is generally hard but becomes soft when stale, whereas the latter is generally soft but becomes hard when stale.

    Coordinate terms

    * (woodworking) dowel, glue strip, spline, finger joint

    Derived terms

    * Anzac biscuit * bickie * biscotto * biscuit firing * biscuit ware * bisque * bite the biscuit * digestive biscuit * dog biscuit * ratafia biscuit * sea biscuit * ship biscuit * soda biscuit * take the biscuit * water biscuit

    See also

    * cookie * cracknel * hardtack * macaroon * pilot bread * soda cracker * English words with different meanings in different locations ----

    diskette

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia diskette) (en noun)
  • (computing) A small, flexible, magnetic disk for storage and retrieval of data.
  • (computing, dated) an 8-inch floppy disk

    • Synonyms

    * floppy * floppy disk * floppy diskette * disk (Considered as a contraction in the UK)

    Derived terms

    * mini-diskette * micro-diskette