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Scratchpad vs Notepad - What's the difference?

scratchpad | notepad |

As nouns the difference between scratchpad and notepad

is that scratchpad is a pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc while notepad is a pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes.

scratchpad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A pad of paper for preliminary notes or sketches or writings, etc.
  • (computing, in transaction processing systems) A piece of temporary memory to hold details of a current conversation, usually scratchpad memory .

    • notepad

    English

    Noun

    (Notebook) (en noun)
  • A pad of paper, often bound, in which one jots down notes
  • notebook

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