asg101@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 6 months agoWhat is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up114arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?asg101@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 6 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSincerityIsCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoSynonyms aren’t necessarily interchangeable. Asking about the distinctions is a good question.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoand yet; sometimes they are 100% interchangeable and asking for distinctions is not a good question.
minus-squareasg101@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoAnd yet another yet, the comm description is: “There is no such thing as a Stupid Question!”.
minus-squareSincerityIsCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThat is a very sad way to think of language.
minus-squarediscostjohn@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoIt’s too bad there isn’t a community where you could ask a question that you realize is probably stupid, but still want an answer for
Synonyms aren’t necessarily interchangeable. Asking about the distinctions is a good question.
and yet; sometimes they are 100% interchangeable and asking for distinctions is not a good question.
And yet another yet, the comm description is: “There is no such thing as a Stupid Question!”.
That is a very sad way to think of language.
literally
It’s too bad there isn’t a community where you could ask a question that you realize is probably stupid, but still want an answer for