asg101 to No Stupid Questions · 2 days agoWhat is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up112arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?asg101 to No Stupid Questions · 2 days agomessage-square19linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSincerityIsCoollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoSynonyms aren’t necessarily interchangeable. Asking about the distinctions is a good question.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoand yet; sometimes they are 100% interchangeable and asking for distinctions is not a good question.
minus-squareasg101OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoAnd yet another yet, the comm description is: “There is no such thing as a Stupid Question!”.
minus-squarediscostjohn@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days 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
minus-squareSincerityIsCoollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat is a very sad way to think of language.
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!”.
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
That is a very sad way to think of language.
literally