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Compartment vs Afterpeak - What's the difference?

compartment | afterpeak |

As nouns the difference between compartment and afterpeak

is that compartment is a room, or section, or chamber while afterpeak is the compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship.

compartment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A room, or section, or chamber
  • :* "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
  • One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
  • (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
  • (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.

    • afterpeak

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship

    • See also

    * forepeak