The difference between Closet and Press

When used as nouns, closet means any private area, particularly bowers in the open air, whereas press means a device used to apply pressure to an item.

When used as verbs, closet means to shut away for private discussion, whereas press means to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight.

Closet is also adjective with the meaning: private.

check bellow for the other definitions of Closet and Press

  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.

  1. Press as a noun (countable):

    A device used to apply pressure to an item.

    Examples:

    "a flower press'"

  2. Press as a noun (countable):

    A printing machine.

    Examples:

    "Stop the presses!"

  3. Press as a noun (uncountable):

    A collective term for the print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).

    Examples:

    "according to a member of the press;  nowrap This article appeared in the press."

  4. Press as a noun (countable):

    A publisher.

  5. Press as a noun (countable, especially, _, in, _, Ireland, _, and, _, Scotland):

    An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).

    Examples:

    "Put the cups in the press.  nowrap Put the ironing in the linen press."

  6. Press as a noun (countable, weightlifting):

    An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

  7. Press as a noun (countable, wagering):

    An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.

    Examples:

    "He can even the match with a press."

  8. Press as a noun (countable):

    Pure, unfermented grape juice.

    Examples:

    "I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight."

  9. Press as a noun:

    A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.

  10. Press as a noun (obsolete):

    A crowd.

  1. Press as a verb (ambitransitive):

    to exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight

  2. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to compress, squeeze

    Examples:

    "to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice"

  3. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug

    Examples:

    "She took her son, and press'd"

    "The illustrious infant to her fragrant breast'' (''Dryden'', Illiad, VI. 178.)"

  4. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth

    Examples:

    "to press cloth with an iron"

    "to press a hat"

  5. Press as a verb (transitive, sewing):

    To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

  6. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction

    Examples:

    "to press a crowd back"

  7. Press as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    to weigh upon, oppress, trouble

    Examples:

    "He turns from us;"

    "Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him"

    "He would reveal, but dare not.-Sir, be comforted.'' (''Fletcher'', Pilgrim, I. 2.)"

  8. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel

  9. Press as a verb:

    To try to force (something upon someone); to urge or inculcate.

    Examples:

    "to press the Bible on an audience"

  10. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to hasten, urge onward

    Examples:

    "to press a horse in a race"

  11. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to urge, beseech, entreat

    Examples:

    "God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.'' (''Winthrop'', Hist. New England, II. 35)"

  12. Press as a verb (transitive):

    to lay stress upon, emphasize

    Examples:

    "If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not.'' (''M. Arnold'', Literature and Dogma, Pref.)"

  13. Press as a verb (ambitransitive):

    to throng, crowd

  14. Press as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    to print

  15. Press as a verb:

    To force into service, particularly into naval service.

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