The difference between Pantry and Walk-in

When used as nouns, pantry means a small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller, whereas walk-in means a walk-in room, closet or refrigerator/freezer.


Walk-in is also adjective with the meaning: that people may enter without a prior appointment.

check bellow for the other definitions of Pantry and Walk-in

  1. Pantry as a noun:

    A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to shelf-stable food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller.

    Examples:

    "coordinate terms larder root cellar"

  1. Walk-in as an adjective (of a place):

    that people may enter without a prior appointment

  2. Walk-in as an adjective (of a thief):

    that gains access through unlocked doors

  3. Walk-in as an adjective (of a defector etc):

    that walks into an embassy etc unannounced

  4. Walk-in as an adjective (US, of a cinema):

    not a drive-in

  5. Walk-in as an adjective (of a room):

    entered without an intervening passage

  1. Walk-in as a noun:

    A walk-in room, closet or refrigerator/freezer.

  2. Walk-in as a noun:

    A walk-in defector.

  3. Walk-in as a noun (parapsychology):

    A person whose original soul has departed the body and been replaced with another.

  4. Walk-in as a noun:

    A customer who visits a restaurant, hair salon, etc. without a reservation.