Drawer vs. Closet — What's the Difference?

One that draws, especially one that draws an order for the payment of money.

A closet (especially in North American usage) is an enclosed space, with a door, used for storage, particularly that of clothes. Fitted closets are built into the walls of the house so that they take up no apparent space in the room.

(also drôr) A boxlike compartment in furniture that can be pulled out and pushed in.

A tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage

Drawers (drôrz) Underpants.

Used to refer to a state of secrecy or concealment, especially about one's homosexuality

An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

Secret; covert

(GUI) A side panel containing supplementary content.

Shut (someone) away, especially in private conference or study

Agent noun of draw; one who draws.

A cabinet or enclosed recess for linens, household supplies, or clothing.

An artist who primarily makes drawings.

A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.

(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.

A water closet; a toilet.

A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.

A state of secrecy or cautious privacy

Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.

To enclose or shut up in a private room, as for discussion

A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

Private; confidential

One who, or that which, draws

Being so or engaging only in private; secret

That which is drawn

Based on theory and speculation rather than practice.

A boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies.

The person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

(obsolete) Any private space, particularly bowers in the open air.

An artist skilled at drawing

Any private or inner room, particularly:

(obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.

(archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.

A place of fanciful contemplation and theorizing.

(archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.

(obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.

A private cabinet, particularly:

(obsolete) One used to store valuables.

(archaic) One used to store curiosities.

(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, particularly the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.

(slang, uncommon) closet case.

Any small room or side-room, particularly:

One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.

(obsolete) nodot=a, water closet: a room containing a toilet.

(heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.

A sewer.

A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.

(obsolete) private

Closeted, secret (especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet)

Denoting anything kept a secret or private.

(transitive) To shut away for private discussion.

(transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.

(transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.

A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.

To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.

To make into a closet for a secret interview.

A small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space

A toilet in England

A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

A small private room for study or prayer

Confine to a small space, as for intensive work

(of information) given in confidence or in secret;

Indulging only covertly;