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Nook vs Compartment - What's the difference?

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Nook is a related term of compartment.


As nouns the difference between nook and compartment

is that nook is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone while compartment is a room, or section, or chamber.

nook

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.
    • There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
  • A hidden or secluded spot.
    • The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks ; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.

    Derived terms

    * nookery

    Related terms

    * inglenook * any nook or cranny, every nook and cranny, nook and cranny, nook or cranny

    compartment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A room, or section, or chamber
  • :* "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."
  • One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.
  • (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
  • (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.