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Nook vs Nooklike - What's the difference?

nook | nooklike |

As a noun nook

is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess or ancone.

As an adjective nooklike is

resembling a nook or some aspect of one.

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

    nooklike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a nook or some aspect of one.
  • * 2008 , Justin Evans, A Good and Happy Child
    • I had stumbled into the spare room — a nooklike study, an afterthought with a slanted ceiling — tucked in between the main rooms on Kurt's second floor.