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Those are metaphors and metonyms. MS Word is not a word. MS Office is not an office. Facebook Messenger is literally a thing that carries messages. Apple Watch
by callum85 11y ago
Those are metaphors and metonyms. MS Word is not a word. MS Office is not an office. Facebook Messenger is literally a thing that carries messages. Apple Watch is literally a watch.
- jonhohle 11y agoApple Watch is to watches as iPhone is to phones. In both cases they are supersets of what their name suggests, where the consumed set is a tiny fraction of their purpose.
- mmustapic 11y agoAlthough SQL Server is an SQL server :)
- DonHopkins 11y agoTo be fair, MS Word is two letters, a space and a word.