Cottage vs Duplex - What's the difference?
cottage | duplex |
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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double, made up of two parts
bidirectional (in two directions)
house made up of two dwelling units
(philately) a cancellation combining a numerical cancellation with a second mark showing time, date, and place of posting.
(juggling) throwing motion where two balls are thrown with one hand at the same time.
To make .
To make into a .
(jugging) To make a series of duplex throws.
As nouns the difference between cottage and duplex
is that cottage is a small house; a cot; a hut while duplex is house made up of two dwelling units.As verbs the difference between cottage and duplex
is that cottage is to stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging while duplex is to make duplex.As an adjective duplex is
double, made up of two parts.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)duplex
English
Adjective
(-)- duplex telegraphy
