Word is produced by Microsoft. It was originally produced for the Mac and a Windows version followed later. Microsoft tries to keep the two versions as similar to each other as possible so as to provide a unified experience for users whichever platform they are using.
This is because the way programs run on Macs and Windows is very different, and if a company like Microsoft wants to make something for OSX they need to spend time trying to convert it over.
It would be similar to knife. Like in alive or arrive or drive etc.
The Microsoft system (such as Vista or Windows 7 or 8) comes with the application Notepad. Other systems, such as iOs for Macs and Macbooks have a different system.
"Hotmail", Microsoft's e-mail service is spelled in a similar way to "hotmaik". It should be emphasized, however, that "Hotmail" is a brand and not a proper English word.
No. Pages is used a lot but Microsoft Word would be used a lot more than it. Most people have IBM PCs more than Macs and so Microsoft Word is more common, as it is available for both PCs and Macs, whereas Pages is mainly for Macs.
A marimba is very similar.
Macs use an operating system called Mac OS X which will not run applications written for the Windows operating system. Microsoft produce a Mac OS X version of Word for Apple's Mac computers. There is the option of installing the Windows operating system on a MacBook alongside Mac OS X which allows Windows applications as well as Mac OS X applications to be used.
Obviously, there is Microsoft Word, provided by Microsoft for Windows. (Part of the Microsoft office collection) And there is Page, provided by Apple for Macs. (Part of the IWork collection) There are also other smaller programs that come with apple computers or pcs, that are have limited options and customization options. These include TextEdit for Mac, and Wordpad or Notepad for Windows.
A synonym is a word that has an identical or very similar meaning to another word. As freshwaterbiome is not a word it does not have a synonym.
If you mean despondent, it'd be very similar to the word "discouraged".
The English word is very similar : delicious.
Gargantuan is very similar to gigantic.