Hothouse vs Cothouse - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between hothouse and cothouse

is that hothouse is a heated greenhouse while cothouse is (scotland) a small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar.

is (of a child) to provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.

(en noun)

A heated greenhouse.

(figurative) An environment in which growth or development is encouraged; a hotbed.

(obsolete) A bagnio, or bathing house; a brothel.

* 1604 , , II. i. 64:

and now she professes a / hot-house , which I think is a very ill house too.

(Ben Jonson)

A heated room for drying greenware.

(en-verb)

(of a child) To provide with an enriched environment with the aim of stimulating academic development.

* cote-house * cot-house

(en noun)

(Scotland) A small cottage, especially one that was the home of a cottar