Cabin vs. Cockpit

Cabinnoun

(US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.

Cabinnoun

(informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.

Cabinnoun

A compartment on land, usually composed of logs.

Cabinnoun

A private room on a ship.

Cabinnoun

The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.

Cabinnoun

The passenger area of an airplane.

Cabinnoun

The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.

Cabinnoun

A signal box.

Cabinnoun

A small room; an enclosed place.

Cabinnoun

(Indian English) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.

Cabinverb

(transitive) To place in a cabin.

Cabinverb

To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

Cabinnoun

A cottage or small house; a hut.

Cabinnoun

A small room; an inclosed place.

Cabinnoun

A room in ship for officers or passengers.

Cabinverb

To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.

Cabinverb

To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

Cabinnoun

small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

Cabinnoun

a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area

Cabinnoun

the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where passengers are carried

Cabinverb

confine to a small space, such as a cabin

Cabinnoun

a private room or compartment on a ship

Cabinnoun

the area for passengers in an aircraft

Cabinnoun

a small wooden shelter or house in a wild or remote area

Cabinnoun

a cubicle or individual work space within a larger office.

Cabinverb

confine within narrow bounds

Cockpitnoun

The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile).

Cockpitnoun

The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft.

Cockpitnoun

A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting.

Cockpitnoun

(figurative) A site of conflict; a battlefield.

Cockpitnoun

The vagina.

Cockpitnoun

(Jamaica) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes.

Cockpitnoun

The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay.

Cockpitnoun

(nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located.

Cockpitnoun

(figurative) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control.

Cockpitnoun

A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

Cockpitnoun

The Privy Council room at Westminster; - so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace.

Cockpitnoun

That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.

Cockpitnoun

In airplanes or boats, the space where the pilot or operator sits to control the vehicle. In airplanes it is usually in the front of the fuselage. In larger airplanes it may be closed off from the cabin, where the passengers travel.

Cockpitnoun

compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft

Cockpitnoun

an enclosure for cockfights

Cockpitnoun

seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car

Cockpit

A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the controls that enable the pilot to fly the aircraft.