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Cottage vs Attic - What's the difference?

cottage | attic |

As a noun cottage

is a small house; a cot; a hut.

As a verb cottage

is to stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.

As an adjective attic is

relating to athenian culture or architecture.

As a proper noun attic is

an ancient greek dialect spoken in attica, euboea, and the northern coastal regions of the aegean sea.

cottage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small house; a cot; a hut.
  • A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
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  • (UK, slang, dated) A public toilet.

    • Usage notes

    Sense “public toilet” dates from 19th century, now only in gay slang.

    Derived terms

    * cottage cheese * cottage hospital * cottage industry

    Related terms

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    Verb

    (cottag)
  • To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
  • (intransitive, British, slang) Of men: To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
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    attic

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
    • We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.

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