Cabinet vs. Closet

Cabinetnoun

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

Cabinetnoun

A cupboard.

Cabinetnoun

The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game.

Cabinetnoun

(historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

Cabinetnoun

A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

Cabinetnoun

In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

Cabinetnoun

(archaic) A small chamber or private room.

Cabinetnoun

(often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

Cabinetnoun

Milkshake.

Cabinetnoun

(obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.

Cabinetnoun

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

Cabinetnoun

A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

Cabinetnoun

A private room in which consultations are held.

Cabinetnoun

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

Cabinetnoun

A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

Cabinetnoun

Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Cabinetadjective

Suitable for a cabinet; small.

Cabinetverb

To inclose

Cabinetnoun

a cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

Cabinetnoun

persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

Cabinetnoun

a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

Cabinetnoun

housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

Closetnoun

(obsolete) Any private area, particularly bowers in the open air.

Closetnoun

Any private or inner room, particularly:

Closetnoun

(obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.

Closetnoun

(archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.

Closetnoun

A place of (usually fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.

Closetnoun

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

Closetnoun

(obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.

Closetnoun

A private cabinet, particularly:

Closetnoun

(obsolete) One used to store valuables.

Closetnoun

(archaic) One used to store curiosities.

Closetnoun

One used to store food or other household supplies: a cupboard.

Closetnoun

(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, particularly the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.

Closetnoun

Any small room or side-room, particularly:

Closetnoun

(US) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.

Closetnoun

(obsolete) nodot=a or later (UK) water closet: a room containing a toilet.

Closetnoun

(heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.

Closetnoun

A sewer.

Closetadjective

(obsolete) Private.

Closetadjective

Secret, especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet; closeted.

Closetverb

(transitive) To shut away for private discussion.

Closetverb

(transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.

Closetverb

(transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.

Closetnoun

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

Closetnoun

A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.

Closetverb

To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.

Closetverb

To make into a closet for a secret interview.

Closetnoun

a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

Closetnoun

a toilet in England

Closetnoun

a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

Closetnoun

a small private room for study or prayer

Closetverb

confine to a small space, as for intensive work

Closetadjective

(of information) given in confidence or in secret;

Closetadjective

indulging only covertly;

Closetnoun

a tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage

Closetnoun

a small room, especially one used for storing things or for private study.

Closetnoun

short for water closet

Closetnoun

used to refer to a state of secrecy or concealment, especially about one's homosexuality

Closetadjective

secret; covert

Closetverb

shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study

Closet

A closet (especially in North American usage) is an enclosed space, with a door, used for storage, particularly that of clothes. Fitted closets are built into the walls of the house so that they take up no apparent space in the room.