Closet vs Confidential - What's the difference?
closet | confidential |
(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.
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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)
(meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
(dated) Inclined to share confidences.
As adjectives the difference between closet and confidential
is that closet is secret while confidential is (meant to be) kept secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly.As a noun closet
is a piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.As a verb closet
is to shut away for private discussion.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.
Anagrams
* ----confidential
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs.
- Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential , and began to gossip.