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Pod vs Cabin - What's the difference?

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Cabin is a synonym of pod.



As nouns the difference between pod and cabin

is that pod is a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers while cabin is a small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

As verbs the difference between pod and cabin

is that pod is to bear or produce pods while cabin is to place in a cabin.

As an initialism POD

is print on demand.

pod

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) *.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) a seed case for legumes (e.g. peas, beans, peppers)
  • a small vehicle, especially used in emergency situations
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) A bag; a pouch.
    • (Tusser)
    Derived terms
    * peapod * seedpod
    Synonyms
    * (sense) capsule, case, container, hull, husk, shell, vessel

    Verb

    (podd)
  • To bear or produce pods
  • To remove peas from their case.
  • To swell or fill.

    • Etymology 2

    From a special use of Etymology 1. See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A group of whales]], dolphins, seals, porpoises or [[hippopotamus, hippopotami.
    • Synonyms
    gam

    Anagrams

    * English collective nouns English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    cabin

    English

    (wikipedia cabin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lb) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
  • :
  • *1994 , Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet Quill
  • *:And that was how long we stayed in the cabin , pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered.
  • (lb) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
  • A compartment on land, usually comprised of logs.
  • A private room on a ship.
  • :
  • *
  • *:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
  • The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=10 , passage=Mr. Cooke had had a sloop?yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin , which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.}}
  • The passenger area of an airplane.
  • The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
  • A signal box.
  • A small room; an enclosed place.
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:So long in secret cabin there he held her captive.

    • Synonyms

    * cell * chamber * hut * pod * shack * shed

    Antonyms

    * hall * palace * villa

    See also

    * cabana

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To place in a cabin.
  • (obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll make you cabin in a cave.

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