The difference between Dresser and Wardrobe

When used as nouns, dresser means an item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils, whereas wardrobe means a room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.


Wardrobe is also verb with the meaning: to act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dresser and Wardrobe

  1. Dresser as a noun:

    An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.

  2. Dresser as a noun:

    An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.

  1. Dresser as a noun:

    One who dresses in a particular way.

    Examples:

    "He's a very snappy dresser."

  2. Dresser as a noun:

    A wardrobe assistant in a theatre (who helps actors put on their costume).

  3. Dresser as a noun:

    A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.

  4. Dresser as a noun (medicine):

    A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.

  5. Dresser as a noun (UK):

    A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.

  6. Dresser as a noun:

    A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.

  7. Dresser as a noun (dated):

    A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.

  8. Dresser as a noun (mining):

    A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

  9. Dresser as a noun:

    One who dresses or prepares stone.

  1. Wardrobe as a noun (obsolete):

    A room for keeping clothes and armor safe, particularly a dressing room or walk-in closet beside a bedroom.

  2. Wardrobe as a noun (figuratively):

    A governmental office or department in a monarchy which purchases, keeps, and cares for royal clothes.

  3. Wardrobe as a noun (figuratively):

    The building housing such a department.

  4. Wardrobe as a noun (obsolete):

    Any closet used for storing anything.

  5. Wardrobe as a noun:

    A room for keeping costumes and other property safe at a theater; a prop room.

  6. Wardrobe as a noun (figuratively):

    The department of a theater, movie studio, etc which purchases, keeps, and cares for costumes; its staff; its room(s) or building(s).

  7. Wardrobe as a noun:

    A movable cupboard or cabinet designed for storing clothes, particularly as a large piece of bedroom furniture.

  8. Wardrobe as a noun:

    A tall built-in cupboard or closet for storing clothes, often including a rail for coat-hangers, and usually located in a bedroom.

  9. Wardrobe as a noun (figuratively, uncommon):

    Anything that similarly stores or houses something.

  10. Wardrobe as a noun:

    The contents of a wardrobe: an individual's entire collection of clothing.

  11. Wardrobe as a noun (figuratively):

    Any collection of clothing.

  12. Wardrobe as a noun (figuratively, uncommon):

    Any collection of anything.

  13. Wardrobe as a noun (obsolete):

    A private chamber, particularly one used for sleeping or urinating and defecating.

  14. Wardrobe as a noun (hunting, obsolete):

    Badger feces, particularly used in tracking game.

  1. Wardrobe as a verb (intransitive):

    To act as a wardrobe department, to provide clothing or sets of clothes.

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