The difference between Room and Space

When used as nouns, room means opportunity or scope (to do something), whereas space means free time.

When used as verbs, room means to reside, especially as a boarder or tenant, whereas space means to roam, walk, wander.

Room is also adverb with the meaning: far.

Room is also adjective with the meaning: wide.

check bellow for the other definitions of Room and Space

  1. Room as a noun (now, rare):

    Opportunity or scope (to do something).

  2. Room as a noun (uncountable):

    Space for something, or to carry out an activity.

  3. Room as a noun (archaic):

    A particular portion of space.

  4. Room as a noun (uncountable, figuratively):

    Sufficient space or do something.

  5. Room as a noun (nautical):

    A space between the timbers of a ship's frame.

  6. Room as a noun (obsolete):

    Place; stead.

  7. Room as a noun (countable):

    A separate part of a building, enclosed by walls, a floor and a ceiling.

  8. Room as a noun (countable):

    With possessive pronoun: one's bedroom.

    Examples:

    "Go to your room!"

  9. Room as a noun (in the plural):

    A set of rooms inhabited by someone; one's lodgings.

  10. Room as a noun (always, _, in the singular):

    The people in a room.

    Examples:

    "The room was on its feet."

  11. Room as a noun (mining):

    An area for working in a coal mine.

  12. Room as a noun (caving):

    A portion of a cave that is wider than a passage.

  13. Room as a noun (Internet, countable):

    A forum or chat room.

    Examples:

    "Some users may not be able to access the AOL room."

  14. Room as a noun:

    Place or position in society; office; rank; post, sometimes when vacated by its former occupant.

  15. Room as a noun:

    Furniture sufficient to furnish a room.

  1. Room as a verb (intransitive):

    To reside, especially as a boarder or tenant.

    Examples:

    "Doctor Watson roomed with Sherlock Holmes at Baker Street."

  2. Room as a verb (transitive):

    To assign to a room; to allocate a room to.

  1. Room as an adjective (dialectal, or, obsolete):

    Wide; spacious; roomy.

  1. Room as an adverb (dialectal, or, obsolete):

    Far; at a distance; wide in space or extent.

  2. Room as an adverb (nautical):

    Off from the wind.

  1. Room as a noun:

  1. Space as a noun:

    Of time. Free time; leisure, opportunity. A specific (specified) period of time. An undefined period of time (without qualifier, especially a short period); a while.

  2. Space as a noun:

    Unlimited or generalized physical extent. Distance between things. Physical extent across two or three dimensions; area, volume (sometimes or to do something). Physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this. The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. The physical and psychological area one needs within which to live or operate; personal freedom.

  3. Space as a noun:

    A bounded or specific physical extent. A (chiefly empty) area or volume with set limits or boundaries. A position on the staff or stave bounded by lines. A gap in text between words, lines etc., or a digital character used to create such a gap. A piece of metal type used to separate words, cast lower than other type so as not to take ink, especially one that is narrower than one en (compare quad). A gap; an empty place. A set of points, each of which is uniquely specified by a number (the dimensionality) of coordinates. A generalized construct or set whose members have some property in common; typically there will be a geometric metaphor allowing these members to be viewed as "points". Often used with a restricting modifier describing the members (e.g. vector space), or indicating the inventor of the construct (e.g. Hilbert space). A marketplace for goods or services.

    Examples:

    "Functional analysis is best approached through a sound knowledge of Hilbert space theory."

    "innovation in the browser space'"

  1. Space as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To roam, walk, wander.

  2. Space as a verb (transitive):

    To set some distance apart.

    Examples:

    "Faye had spaced the pots at 8-inch intervals on the windowsill."

    "The cities are evenly spaced."

  3. Space as a verb:

    To insert or utilise spaces in a written text.

    Examples:

    "This paragraph seems badly spaced."

  4. Space as a verb (transitive, science fiction):

    To eject into outer space, usually without a space suit.

    Examples:

    "The captain spaced the traitors."

  5. Space as a verb (intransitive, science fiction):

    To travel into and through outer space.

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