The difference between Display and Write
When used as nouns, display means a show or spectacle, whereas write means the operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
When used as verbs, display means to show conspicuously, whereas write means to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
check bellow for the other definitions of Display and Write
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Display as a noun:
A show or spectacle.
Examples:
"The trapeze artist put on an amazing acrobatic display."
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Display as a noun:
A piece of work to be presented visually.
Examples:
"Pupils are expected to produce a wall display about a country of their choice."
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Display as a noun (computing):
An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
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Display as a noun (computing):
The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
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Display as a noun (travel, aviation, in a reservation system):
The asterisk symbol, used to denote that the following information will be displayed, eg, *H will "display history".
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Display as a verb (transitive):
To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
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Display as a verb (intransitive):
To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
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Display as a verb (military):
To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
Examples:
"rfquotek Farrow"
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Display as a verb (printing, dated):
To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
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Display as a verb (obsolete):
To discover; to descry.
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Display as a verb (obsolete):
To spread out, to unfurl.
Examples:
"synonyms: splay"
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Write as a verb (ambitransitive):
To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
Examples:
"The pupil wrote his name on the paper."
"Your son has been writing on the wall."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).
Examples:
"My uncle writes newspaper articles for The Herald."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To send written information to.
Examples:
"(UK) Please write to me when you get there."
"(US) Please write me when you get there."
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Write as a verb (transitive):
To show (information, etc) in written form.
Examples:
"The due day of the homework is written in the syllabus."
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Write as a verb (intransitive):
To be an author.
Examples:
"I write for a living."
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Write as a verb (computing, intransitive, with {{m, to):
}} To record data mechanically or electronically.
Examples:
"The computer writes to the disk faster than it [[reads]] from it."
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Write as a verb (transitive, South Africa, Canada, of an exam, a document, etc.):
To fill in, to complete using words.
Examples:
"I was very anxious to know my score after I wrote the test."
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Write as a verb:
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.
Examples:
"truth written on the heart"
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Write as a verb:
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.
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Write as a noun (computing):
The operation of storing data, as in memory or onto disk.
Examples:
"How many writes per second can this hard disk handle?"