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Depository vs Storehouse - What's the difference?

depository | storehouse |

As nouns the difference between depository and storehouse

is that depository is a place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping or preservation; a repository while storehouse is a building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.

As a verb storehouse is

to lay up in store.

depository

English

Noun

(depositories)
  • A place where something is deposited, as for storage, safekeeping or preservation; a repository.
  • A trustee; a depositary.

    • Antonyms

    * nondepository

    storehouse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse.
  • (by extension) A single non-geographical place where a large quantity of something can be found.
    • This old book is a genuine storehouse of useful cooking tips
  • (obsolete) A mass or quantity laid up.
    • (Spenser)

    Verb

    (storehous)
  • To lay up in store.
    • the mental storehousing of information