Sideboard vs. Console — What's the Difference?

A sideboard, also called a buffet, is an item of furniture traditionally used in the dining room for serving food, for displaying serving dishes, and for storage. It usually consists of a set of cabinets, or cupboards, and one or more drawers, all topped by a wooden surface for conveniently holding food, serving dishes, or lighting devices.

Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment

A long, low piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for storing linens and tableware and a flat surface for serving food or displaying items.

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

A board that forms a side or part of a side

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

Sideboards Chiefly British Sideburns.

To allay the sorrow or grief of (someone).

(furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.

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

A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.

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

(collectible card games) A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.

An instrument panel.

(fishing) A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.

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

(collectible card games) To include (a card) in one's sideboard.

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

To add sideboards to.

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

A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.

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

A removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity

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

A board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib

A console table.

A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The keyboard and monitor of a computer considered together.

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.

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

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.

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

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)

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

Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television

Give moral or emotional strength to