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Saucer vs Disc - What's the difference?

saucer | disc |

As nouns the difference between saucer and disc

is that saucer is a small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips while disc is a thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

As a verb saucer

is to pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

saucer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
  • An object round and gently curved (shaped like a saucer).
    • The saucer -shaped object could have been a UFO.
  • (obsolete) A small pan or vessel in which sauce was set on a table.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A flat, shallow caisson for raising sunken ships.
  • A shallow socket for the pivot of a capstan.

    • Related terms

    * flying saucer * sauce * saucer eyes

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pour (tea, etc.) from the cup into the saucer in order to cool it before drinking.

    • Anagrams

    * *

    disc

    English

    (wikipedia disc)

    Alternative forms

    * disk mainly US, or for magnetic media. See .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.
    • A coin is a disc of metal.
  • An .
  • Something resembling a disc.
    • Venus's disc cut off light from the Sun.
  • A vinyl phonograph / gramophone record.
    • Turn the disc over, after it has finished.

    Usage notes

    See at the disk entry.

    Anagrams

    * ----