Compartment vs Coop - What's the difference?
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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.
A pen or enclosure for birds.
(slang) jail
A barrel or cask for liquor.
(Scotland) A cart from boards; a tumbrel.
To keep in a coop.
To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
* Dryden
* John Locke
(obsolete) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
* Holland
Compartment is a related term of coop.
As nouns the difference between compartment and coop
is that compartment is a room, or section, or chamber while coop is a pen or enclosure for birds or coop can be .As a verb coop is
to keep in a coop.compartment
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Noun
(en noun)coop
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(wikipedia coop)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- (Johnson)
Verb
(en verb)- The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
- The contempt of all other knowledge coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.
- Shaken tubs be new cooped .
