Cottage vs Coaster - What's the difference?
cottage | coaster |
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.
* , chapter=1
, title= (UK, slang, dated) A public toilet.
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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one who coasts.
Something that coasts, such as a sled or toboggan.
(label) A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters.
(label) A sailor who travels only in coastal waters.
* 1881 , Symon's monthly meteorological magazine (page 59)
A person who originates from or inhabits a coastal area.
A small piece of material used to protect the surface of a table, upon which one places cups or mugs.
A small tray on wheels, used to pass something around a table.
A worthless compact disc or DVD, such as one that was burned incorrectly.
(label) A rollercoaster.
(label) A (coaster trout) (brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis )
As nouns the difference between cottage and coaster
is that cottage is a small house; a cot; a hut while coaster is one who coasts.As a verb cottage
is to stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.cottage
English
Noun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage ’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”}}
Usage notes
Sense “public toilet” dates from 19th century, now only in gay slang.Derived terms
* cottage cheese * cottage hospital * cottage industryVerb
(cottag)coaster
English
Noun
(en noun)- If you question a seaman on the subject, whether mere coaster or circumnavigator, he will tell you that in a snow-storm, because of its constant eddyings and gyrations, frequent trimming of sails is more necessary than in any other gale