Pantry vs. Kitchenette

Pantrynoun

A small room, closet, or cabinet usually located in or near the kitchen, dedicated to food storage and/or storing kitchenware, like a larder, but smaller. Since the pantry is not typically temperature-controlled (unlike a refrigerator or root cellar), the foods stored in a pantry are usually shelf-stable staples such as grains, flours, and preserved foods.

Pantrynoun

An apartment or closet in which bread and other provisions are kept.

Pantrynoun

a small storeroom for storing foods or wines

Pantry

A pantry is a room where beverages, food, and sometimes dishes, household cleaning chemicals, linens, or provisions are stored. Food and beverage pantries serve in an ancillary capacity to the kitchen.

Kitchenettenoun

small kitchen or area for preparing food, often just a part of a room instead of a separate room

Kitchenettenoun

A room combining a very small kitchen and a pantry, with the kitchen conveniences compactly arranged, sometimes so that they fold up out of sight and allow the kitchen to be made a part of the adjoining room by opening folding doors.

Kitchenettenoun

small kitchen

Kitchenettenoun

a small kitchen or part of a room equipped as a kitchen.

Kitchenette

A kitchenette is a small cooking area, which usually has a refrigerator and a microwave, but may have other appliances. In some motel and hotel rooms, small apartments, college dormitories, or office buildings, a kitchenette consists of a small refrigerator, a microwave oven, and sometimes a sink.