Cloakroom vs Closet - What's the difference?
cloakroom | closet |
A room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily.
(British) A room where luggage may be left, for example in an airport.
A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.
(British, euphemistic) lavatory, toilet
(chiefly, US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
A small private chamber.
* Goldsmith
* Bible, Matthew vi. 6
A toilet; a water closet.
(figuratively) The imagined closet in idioms such as in the closet or skeleton in the closet, a place to keep things hidden.
Secret.
*
To shut away for private discussion.
To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
* (rfdate) (Bancroft)
* (rfdate) (Froude)
To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
* (rfdate) (Cowper)
As nouns the difference between cloakroom and closet
is that cloakroom is a room, in a public building such as a theatre, where coats and other belongings may be left temporarily while closet is a piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.As an adjective closet is
secret.As a verb closet is
to shut away for private discussion.cloakroom
English
(wikipedia cloakroom)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
In the British sense “lavatory”, primarily used by estate agents when describing small, secondary lavatories (North America: half bath), and in occasional use as a posh term to denote the gents’ lavatory, such as at ,BRITISH EUPHEMISMS, Knowledge Problem, June 26th, 2002 where it is contrasted with “ladies’ powder” (see powder room).
Synonyms
* half bath (North America)Antonyms
* powder roomDerived terms
* cloakroom attendant * cloakroom ticketSee also
* checkroom (US) * coatroom (US) * left-luggage office (UK) * baggage room (US)References
closet
English
Noun
(wikipedia closet) (en noun)- (Dryden)
- a chair-lumbered closet , just twelve feet by nine
- When thou prayest, enter into thy closet .
- The'' 'closet''' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
Synonyms
* (A piece of furniture) cupboard, wardrobe, press (British), locker, cabinetAdjective
(-)Derived terms
* closeted * closet oneself * come out of the closet * earth closet * in the closet * skeleton in the closet * water closetSee also
* come out * outVerb
(en verb)- The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
- He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
- He had been closeted with De Quadra.
- Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.