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Compartment vs Coop - What's the difference?

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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

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.
  • coop

    English

    (wikipedia coop)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pen or enclosure for birds.
  • (slang) jail
  • A barrel or cask for liquor.
  • (Johnson)
  • (Scotland) A cart from boards; a tumbrel.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To keep in a coop.
  • To shut up or confine in a narrow space; to cramp.
  • * Dryden
  • The Trojans cooped within their walls so long.
  • * John Locke
  • The contempt of all other knowledge coops the understanding up within narrow bounds.
  • (obsolete) To work upon in the manner of a cooper.
  • * Holland
  • Shaken tubs be new cooped .
    Derived terms
    * coop up

    Etymology 2

    From , by shortening.