Seat vs. Bunker — What's the Difference?

A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest, head restraint but also headquarters in a wider sense.

A bunker is a defensive military fortification designed to protect people and valued materials from falling bombs or other attacks. Bunkers are mostly underground, in contrast to blockhouses which are mostly above ground.

A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.

A bin or tank especially for fuel storage, as on a ship.

A person's buttocks.

Often bunkers Fuel, such as coal or fuel oil, used especially in ships.

A place in an elected legislative or other body

An underground fortification, often with a concrete projection above ground level for observation or gun emplacements.

A principal site or location

(Sports) See sand trap.

A part of a machine that supports or guides another part

To store or place (fuel) in a bunker.

Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere

(Sports) To hit (a golf ball) into a sand trap.

Fit in position

(military) A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.

Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on

(nautical) A container for storing coal or fuel oil for a ship's engine; (by extension) the quantity of fuel needed to replenish that container.

The part on which one rests in sitting

(rail transport) The coal compartment on a tank engine.

A place in which one may sit

(sports)

The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right

(golf) A hazard on a golf course consisting of a sand-filled hollow.

The buttocks.

(paintball) An obstacle used to block an opposing player's view and field of fire.

The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.

A large bin or container for storing coal, often built outdoors in the yard of a house.

A part serving as the base of something else.

(Scotland)

The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.

A sort of box or chest, as in a window, the lid of which serves as a seat.

The place where something is located or based

(slang) A kitchen worktop.

A center of authority; a capital

One who bunks off; a truant from school.

A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate

The menhaden, any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium.

Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.

(nautical)

The manner of sitting on a horse

(transitive) To load (a vessel) with coal or fuel oil for the engine.

To place in or on a seat.

To take a load of coal or fuel oil for its engine.

To cause or assist to sit down

To steal bunker fuel by illicitly siphoning it off.

To provide with a particular seat

To hit (a golf ball) into a bunker; to place (a golfer) in the position of having a golf ball in a bunker.

To have or provide seats for

To place (someone) in a position that is difficult to get out of; to hinder.

To install in a position of authority or eminence.

To fire constantly at (an opponent hiding behind an obstacle), trapping them and preventing them from firing at other players; also, to eliminate (an opponent behind an obstacle) by rushing to the position and firing at extremely close range as the player becomes exposed.

To fix firmly in place

(intransitive) Often followed by down: to take shelter in a bunker or other place.

To rest on or fit into another part

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat.

Something to be sat upon.

A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.

A place in which to sit.

A small sand hole or pit, as on a golf course.

The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

Hence, any rough hazardous ground on the links; also, an artificial hazard with built-up faces.

A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.

A fortified position dug into the ground, especially one which is closed on top and has protective walls and roof, e. g. of reinforced concrete. For defending positions it usually has windows to view the surrounding terrain, but as a safe location for planning operations or storage, a bunker may be completely underground with no direct access to the surface.

The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.

To drive (the ball) into a bunker.

The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.

A hazard on a golf course

(engineering) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

A fortification of earth; mostly or entirely below ground

A location or site.

Hit a golf ball into a bunker

(figurative) A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.

Fill (a ship's bunker) with coal or oil

The location of a governing body.

Transfer cargo from a ship to a warehouse

(certain Commonwealth countries) An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.

One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.

(historical) Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

The starting point of a fire.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

(transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

(transitive) To provide with a place to sit.

(transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

(transitive) To assign the seats of.

(transitive) To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

To rest; to lie down.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

(transitive) To put a seat or bottom in.

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

To fix; to set firm.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

To rest; to lie down.

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane);

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;

Furniture that is designed for sitting on;

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit);

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

The cloth covering for the buttocks;

Show to a seat; assign a seat for;

Be able to seat;

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;

Put a seat on a chair

Provide with seats;