The difference between Cabinet and Closet

When used as nouns, cabinet means a storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall, whereas closet means any private area, particularly bowers in the open air.


Closet is also verb with the meaning: to shut away for private discussion.

Closet is also adjective with the meaning: private.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cabinet and Closet

  1. Cabinet as a noun:

    A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

  2. Cabinet as a noun:

    A cupboard.

  3. Cabinet as a noun:

    The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game.

  4. Cabinet as a noun (historical):

    A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

  5. Cabinet as a noun:

    A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

  6. Cabinet as a noun (politics, often, capitalized):

    In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

  7. Cabinet as a noun (archaic):

    A small chamber or private room.

  8. Cabinet as a noun:

    (often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

  9. Cabinet as a noun (dialectal, Rhode Island):

    Milkshake.

  10. Cabinet as a noun (obsolete):

    A hut; a cottage; a small house.

  1. Closet as a noun (obsolete):

    Any private area, particularly bowers in the open air.

  2. Closet as a noun (now, rare):

    Any private or inner room, particularly: A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves. A private room used for prayer or other devotions. A place of (usually fanciful) contemplation and theorizing. The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

  3. Closet as a noun (obsolete):

    A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.

  4. Closet as a noun (obsolete):

    A private cabinet, particularly: One used to store valuables. One used to store curiosities. One used to store food or other household supplies: a cupboard. A secret or hiding place, particularly the hiding place in English idioms such as and .

    Examples:

    "The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager."

    "He's so far in the closet, he can w The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe see Narnia."

  5. Closet as a noun (now, chiefly, Scotland, Ireland):

    Any small room or side-room, particularly: One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes. or later water closet: a room containing a toilet.

  6. Closet as a noun (heraldry):

    An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.

  7. Closet as a noun (Scotland, obsolete):

    A sewer.

  1. Closet as an adjective (obsolete):

    Private.

  2. Closet as an adjective:

    Secret, especially with reference to gay people who are ; closeted.

    Examples:

    "He's a [[closet case closet case]]."

  1. Closet as a verb (transitive):

    To shut away for private discussion.

    Examples:

    "The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit."

  2. Closet as a verb (transitive):

    To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.

  3. Closet as a verb (transitive):

    To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.