asg101@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoWhat is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up115file-text
arrow-up115message-squareWhat is the difference between a Gadget, a Gizmo, a Contraption and a Doohickey?asg101@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSincerityIsCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoSynonyms aren’t necessarily interchangeable. Asking about the distinctions is a good question.
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoand yet; sometimes they are 100% interchangeable and asking for distinctions is not a good question.
minus-squareasg101@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoAnd yet another yet, the comm description is: “There is no such thing as a Stupid Question!”.
minus-squarediscostjohn@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-squareSincerityIsCool@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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