Desk vs Desktop - What's the difference?
desk | desktop |
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= 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.
The top surface of a desk.
(computing) A desktop computer.
(computing) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
(computing) Of an application, converted to be carried out on a personal computer.
As nouns the difference between desk and desktop
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 desktop is the top surface of a desk.As a verb desk
is to shut up, as in a desk; to treasure.As an adjective desktop is
designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.desk
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(en noun) (wikipedia desk)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.}}
Hypernyms
* furnitureCoordinate terms
* chairDerived terms
* cash desk * desk job * front desk * reception desk * Resolute deskAnagrams
* * 1000 English basic wordsdesktop
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(en noun)- Laptops are often more expensive than desktops .
- I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop .