Cabinet vs. Console — What's the Difference?

An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.

Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment

(Computers) The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.

A panel or unit accommodating a set of controls for electronic or mechanical equipment.

Often Cabinet A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.

An ornamented bracket or corbel supporting a shelf or table top.

(Archaic) A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.

To allay the sorrow or grief of (someone).

Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milkshake.

A central control panel for a mechanical, electrical, or electronic system.

Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.

(Computers) The keyboard and monitor, considered as a unit by which a user provides input and receives output from a central processing unit.

Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet

An instrument panel.

Used in the making of cabinets

A computer system designed to play a specific format of video game using special controllers and a separate display, such as a television.

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

(Music) The desklike part of an organ that contains the keyboard, stops, and pedals.

A cupboard.

A small storage compartment mounted between bucket seats in an automobile.

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

A small, freestanding cabinet, especially one housing a television or stereo equipment.

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

An often scroll-shaped bracket used for decoration or for supporting a projecting member, such as a cornice or shelf.

A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

A console table.

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.

A stand-alone cabinet designed to stand on the floor; especially, one integrated with home entertainment equipment, such as a TV or stereo system.

(Kentucky) A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.

A desk-like cabinet, table, or stand upon which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.

(archaic) A small chamber or private room.

An instrument with displays and an input device that is used to monitor and control an electronic system.

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

The keyboard and screen of a computer or other electronic device.

Milkshake.

(video games) A consumer device dedicated to playing video games, with the ability to change games.

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

(automotive) A storage tray or container mounted between the seats of an automobile.

An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

(architectural element) An ornamental member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, often S-shaped.

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

(transitive) To comfort (someone) in a time of grief, disappointment, etc.

A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.

A private room in which consultations are held.

A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height.

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

The keyboard and monitor of a computer considered together.

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

The controlling portion of an electrical, electronic, or mechanical device or system, from which the operator may observe the state of the system as indicated by gauges or on some form of display{n3}, and may direct or control the action of the system.

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

The desklike controlling unit of an organ containing the keyboard, pedals, stops, etc. by means of which the organ is played.

Suitable for a cabinet; small.

A home entertainment device such as a television, radio, phonograph, CD player, or combination of these, designed as a piece of furniture, to stand on the floor rather than on a table or in a separate cabinet; - also used attributively in the phrase console model.

To inclose

A small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall

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

A scientific instrument consisting of displays and an input device that an operator can use to monitor and control a system (especially a computer system)

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

An ornamental scroll-shaped bracket (especially one used to support a wall fixture);

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

Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

Give moral or emotional strength to