Excel
/ˈɛk.səl/
n. “Numbers, tables, and logic — tamed in cells.”
Excel, whether the classic desktop version from Microsoft or the cloud-based Google variant often called Google Sheets, is a spreadsheet application designed to organize, calculate, and visualize data. It turns rows and columns into a playground for formulas, charts, and structured analysis, allowing humans to impose order on numeric chaos.
Sheets
/ʃiːts/
n. “Spreads, sums, and sanity in the cloud.”
Sheets, commonly referred to as Google Sheets, is a cloud-based spreadsheet application from Google designed to handle data, calculations, and collaboration without requiring a desktop office suite. It turns raw numbers, text, and formulas into structured grids that can compute, visualize, and communicate information instantly.