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Repository vs Compartment - What's the difference?

repository | compartment |

As nouns the difference between repository and compartment

is that repository is a location for storage, often for safety or preservation while compartment is a room, or section, or chamber.

repository

Noun

(repositories)
  • a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • # (computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system
  • a burial vault
  • a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Synonyms

    * (location for storage) depository, archive

    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.