Cabin vs. Chalet — What's the Difference?

A private room or compartment on a ship

A chalet (pronounced in British English; in American English usually ), also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building or house, typical of the Alpine region in Europe. It is made of wood, with a heavy, gently sloping roof and wide, well-supported eaves set at right angles to the front of the house.

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

A wooden dwelling with a low-pitched roof and wide eaves, common in Alpine regions.

A cubicle or individual work space within a larger office.

A cottage or lodge built in this style.

Confine within narrow bounds

The hut of a herder in the Swiss Alps.

A small, roughly built house or shelter.

An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.

A room in a ship used as living quarters by an officer or passenger.

A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

An enclosed compartment in a boat that serves as a shelter or as living quarters.

A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

The enclosed space in an aircraft or spacecraft for the crew, passengers, or cargo.

A Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style

To confine or live in or as if in a small space or area.

(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.

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

A private room on a ship.

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

The passenger area of an airplane.

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

A signal box.

A small room; an enclosed place.

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

(transitive) To place in a cabin or other small space.

(by extension) To limit the scope of.

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

A cottage or small house; a hut.

A small room; an inclosed place.

A room in ship for officers or passengers.

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

To confine in, or as in, a cabin.

Small room on a ship or boat where people sleep

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

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

Confine to a small space, such as a cabin