Excel is a database, change my mind

What are people saying it is? A spreadsheet?

A database typically contains a master table that stores info about where all the other records are stored, excell does not unless you make your own for manual use. Secondly a database or database engine usually has commands that can locate, sort, and display the data for you while all that has to be done manually using excell, with the exception of some sorting and formatting tricks but it all has to be done manually. There’s more to it than that but I won’t drone on. Long story short, excell is not a database but a cheap trick. Like using notepad instead of word. Just my 2 cents.