Bassinet vs. Cot — What's the Difference?

A bassinet, bassinette, or cradle is a bed specifically for babies from birth to about four months. Bassinets are generally designed to work with fixed legs or castors, while cradles are generally designed to provide a rocking or gliding motion.

A narrow bed, especially one made of canvas on a collapsible frame.

An oblong basketlike bed for an infant.

Chiefly British A crib.

A newborn baby's bed, traditionally made of woven reeds or straw.

A small house.

A bascinet type of helmet.

A protective covering or sheath.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.

See Bascinet.

A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.

A basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed

A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

A perambulator that resembles a bassinet

(archaic) A cottage or small homestead.

A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.

A small, crudely-formed boat.

A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.

(obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.

A small house; a cottage or hut.

A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also finger cot.

A small, rudely-formed boat.

A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.

A sheath worn to protect a finger

Baby bed with high sides

A small bed that folds up for storage or transport