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Locker vs Lazaret - What's the difference?

locker | lazaret |

As nouns the difference between locker and lazaret

is that locker is a type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books while lazaret is a lazaretto.

locker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A type of storage compartment with a lock usually used to store clothing, equipment, or books.
    • The student placed her books in her locker when she arrived at school.
  • (rare) One who locks something.
    • The locker of the trapped chest must be careful, so as not to spring the trap.

    Synonyms

    * (storage compartment ): footlocker

    Derived terms

    * locker room

    See also

    * chest * trunk

    Anagrams

    * ----

    lazaret

    English

    Alternative forms

    * lazarette (obsolete )

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lazaretto.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.215:
    • The liver is the lazaret of bile, / But very rarely executes its function [...].
  • (nautical) A lazaretto.
  • * 2006 , Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day , Vintage 2007, p. 586:
    • There were fish in the lazarettes and rope lockers, fish spilled out the portholes and came flapping out of charts as they were unrolled on the chart table
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