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Desk vs Deskside - What's the difference?

desk | deskside |

As nouns the difference between desk and deskside

is that desk is a table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use of writers and readers it often has a drawer or repository underneath while deskside is (computing) a computer intended to be placed alongside a desk, etc (contrasted with the smaller desktop models).

As a verb desk

is to shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

As an adjective deskside is

by the side of one's desk (as in an office).

desk

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia desk)
  • A table, frame, or case, usually with sloping top, but often with flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a drawer or repository underneath.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
  • A reading table or lectern to support the book from which the liturgical service is read, differing from the pulpit from which the sermon is preached; also (especially in the United States), a pulpit. Hence, used symbolically for the clerical profession.

    • Hypernyms

    * furniture

    Coordinate terms

    * chair

    Derived terms

    * cash desk * desk job * front desk * reception desk * Resolute desk

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.

    • Anagrams

    * * 1000 English basic words

    deskside

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • By the side of one's desk (as in an office).
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    • , passage=Ms. Wilesmith welcomes deskside dining because she views it as a sign of dedication to the company. }}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing) A computer intended to be placed alongside a desk, etc. (contrasted with the smaller desktop models).