Disk vs. Washer — What's the Difference?

US spelling of disc, also widely used in computing contexts

A person or device that washes something

A thin, flat, circular object or plate.

A small flat metal, rubber, or plastic ring fixed between two joining surfaces or between a nut and a bolt to spread the pressure or act as a spacer or seal.

Something resembling such an object

A facecloth

The disk used in a disc brake.

One who washes

A disk used on a disk harrow.

An appliance, especially a washing machine, used for washing.

A round, flattened structure in a plant or animal, such as an intervertebral disk.

A flat disk, as of metal, plastic, rubber, or leather, placed beneath a nut or bolt to make the connection more secure or distribute pressure or placed between parts to space the parts properly or prevent leakage in a joint.

(Botany) The central area bearing numerous disk flowers in the flower head of a composite plant such as a daisy.

Something that washes; especially an appliance such as a washing machine or dishwasher.

An optical disc, especially a compact disc.

A person who washes (especially clothes) for a living; a washerman or washerwoman.

A magnetic disk, such as a floppy disk or hard disk.

A person who washes his or her hands compulsively, as a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

The data stored on such objects.

A face cloth.

A phonograph record.

A flat disk, placed beneath a nut or at some joint, to distribute pressure, alleviate friction or prevent leakage.

A circular grid in a phototypesetting machine.

(transitive) To fit (a mechanical device) with a washer.

To work (soil) with a disk harrow.

One who, or that which, washes.

To make (a recording) on a phonograph record.

A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.

A thin, flat, circular plate or similar object.

A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.

(figuratively) Something resembling a disk.

The common raccoon.

(anatomy) An intervertebral disc

Same as Washerwoman, 2.

(dated) A vinyl phonograph/gramophone record.

Someone who washes things for a living

(computer hardware) floppy disk - removable magnetic medium or a hard disk - fixed, persistent digital storage.

Seal consisting of a flat disk placed to prevent leakage

A disc - either a CD-ROM, an audio CD, a DVD or similar removable storage medium.

A home appliance for washing clothes and linens automatically

(agriculture) A type of harrow.

(botany) A ring- or cup-shaped enlargement of the flower receptacle or ovary that bears nectar or, less commonly, the stamens.

(agriculture) To harrow.

To move towards, or operate at, zero blade pitch, orienting the propeller blades face-on to the oncoming airstream and maximising the drag generated by the propeller.

A discus; a quoit.

A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.

The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.

A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.

The whole surface of a leaf.

The anterior surface or oral area of cœlenterate animals, as of sea anemones.

Something with a round shape like a flat circular plate

A flat circular plate

Sound recording consisting of a disc with continuous grooves; formerly used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracked in the grooves

(computer science) a memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is stored

Draw a harrow over (land)