As nouns the difference between lockers and closet
is that
lockers is plural of lang=en 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.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
lockers English
Noun
(head)
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closet English
Noun
( wikipedia closet)
( en noun)
(chiefly, US) A piece of furniture or a cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
- (Dryden)
A small private chamber.
* Goldsmith
- a chair-lumbered closet , just twelve feet by nine
* Bible, Matthew vi. 6
- When thou prayest, enter into thy closet .
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.
- The'' 'closet''' can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
Synonyms
* (A piece of furniture) cupboard, wardrobe, press (British), locker, cabinet
Adjective
(-)
Secret.
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Derived terms
* closeted
* closet oneself
* come out of the closet
* earth closet
* in the closet
* skeleton in the closet
* water closet
See also
* come out
* out
Verb
( en verb)
To shut away for private discussion.
- The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
* (rfdate) (Bancroft)
- He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
* (rfdate) (Froude)
- He had been closeted with De Quadra.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
* (rfdate) (Cowper)
- Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.
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