Drawer vs. Closet

Drawernoun

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

Closetnoun

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

Drawernoun

Agent noun of draw; one who draws.

Closetnoun

Any private or inner room, particularly:

Drawernoun

An artist who primarily makes drawings.

Closetnoun

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

Drawernoun

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

Closetnoun

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

Drawernoun

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

Closetnoun

A place of (usually fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.

Drawernoun

Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.

Closetnoun

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

Drawernoun

A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

Closetnoun

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

Drawernoun

One who, or that which, draws

Closetnoun

A private cabinet, particularly:

Drawernoun

That which is drawn

Closetnoun

(obsolete) One used to store valuables.

Drawernoun

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

Closetnoun

(archaic) One used to store curiosities.

Drawernoun

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

Closetnoun

One used to store food or other household supplies: a cupboard.

Drawernoun

an artist skilled at drawing

Closetnoun

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

‘The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager.’;

Closetnoun

Any small room or side-room, particularly:

Closetnoun

(US) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.

Closetnoun

(obsolete) nodot=a or later (UK) water closet: a room containing a toilet.

Closetnoun

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

Closetnoun

A sewer.

Closetadjective

(obsolete) Private.

Closetadjective

Secret, especially with reference to gay people who are in the closet; closeted.

‘He's a closet case.’;

Closetverb

(transitive) To shut away for private discussion.

‘The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.’;

Closetverb

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

Closetverb

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

Closetnoun

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

‘A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine.’; ‘When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.’;

Closetnoun

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

Closetverb

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

‘Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.’;

Closetverb

To make into a closet for a secret interview.

‘He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.’; ‘He had been closeted with De Quadra.’;

Closetnoun

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

Closetnoun

a toilet in England

Closetnoun

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

Closetnoun

a small private room for study or prayer

Closetverb

confine to a small space, as for intensive work

Closetadjective

(of information) given in confidence or in secret;

‘closet information’; ‘this arrangement must be kept confidential’; ‘their secret communications’;

Closetadjective

indulging only covertly;

‘a closet alcoholic’; ‘closet liberals’;

Closetnoun

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

‘he has a closet full of designer suits’;

Closetnoun

a small room, especially one used for storing things or for private study.

Closetnoun

short for water closet

Closetnoun

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

‘she tries to have a relationship with another woman while remaining in the closet’; ‘his brother's decision to come out of the closet’;

Closetadjective

secret; covert

‘a closet smoker’;

Closetverb

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

‘he returned home and closeted himself in his room’; ‘he was closeted with the king’;

Closet

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.