Cloakroom vs. Toilet — What's the Difference?

A cloakroom, or sometimes coatroom, is a room for people to hang their coats, cloaks or other outerwear when they enter a building. Cloakrooms are typically found inside large buildings, such as gymnasiums, schools, churches or meeting halls.

A toilet is a piece of sanitary hardware that collects human urine and feces, and sometimes toilet paper, usually for disposal. Flush toilets use water, while dry or non-flush toilets do not.

A room where coats and other articles may be left temporarily, as in a theater or school. Also called coatroom.

A fixed receptacle into which a person may urinate or defecate, typically consisting of a large bowl connected to a system for flushing away the waste into a sewer

A private lounge adjacent to a legislative chamber.

The process of washing oneself, dressing, and attending to one's appearance

A room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club.

Assist or supervise (someone, especially an infant or invalid) in using a toilet.

A room intended for holding luggage, as at an airport.

An apparatus for defecation and urination, usually consisting of a bowl fitted with a hinged seat and connected to a waste pipe and a flushing apparatus.

A private lounge next to a legislative chamber.

A room or booth containing such an apparatus.

A lavatory, now particularly a small secondary lavatory or a men's room.

The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.

A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

Dress; attire; costume.

A private lounge off of a legislative chamber

The cleansing of a body area as part of a surgical or medical procedure.

A room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily

(Archaic) A dressing table.

A room or enclosed area containing a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)): a bathroom or water closet.

A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.

(figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.

(NZ) A small secondary lavatory having a fixture used for urination and defecation (i.e. a toilet (sense 2)) and sink but no bathtub or shower.toilet

(obsolete) A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.

(obsolete) The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.

Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.

One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.

(archaic) A dressing room.

(obsolete) A chamber pot.

(dated) To dress and groom oneself.

To use the toilet.

To assist another (a child, etc.) in using the toilet.

A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a table in a chamber or a dressing room.

A dressing table.

Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect.

A room equipped with toilet facilities

A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

The act of dressing and preparing yourself;