I think it&#x27;s arguable that a battery that can no longer be charged is a &quot;battery&quot;. At best it&#x27;s a &quot;dead battery&quot;, and you&#x27;d be annoyed if someone sold you the latter as the former. Analogously, I would not call Bob&#x27;s dead body &quot;Bob&quot;, but rather &quot;Bob&#x27;s corpse&quot;.<p>It&#x27;s kind of a dumb philosophical argument though. We all know what&#x27;s really going on, so it&#x27;s pointless to argue over words.