Toilet vs. Bowl — What's the Difference?

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 bowl is a round dish or container typically used to prepare and serve food. The interior of a bowl is characteristically shaped like a spherical cap, with the edges and the bottom forming a seamless curve.

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 round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid

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

A natural basin.

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

A stadium for sporting or musical events

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 wooden or hard rubber ball, slightly asymmetrical so that it runs on a curved course, used in the game of bowls.

A room or booth containing such an apparatus.

A spell or turn of bowling in cricket.

The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.

Roll (a ball or other round object) along the ground

Dress; attire; costume.

(of a bowler) propel (the ball) with a straight arm towards the batsman, typically in such a way that the ball bounces once

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

Move rapidly and smoothly in a specified direction

(Archaic) A dressing table.

A hemispherical vessel, wider than it is deep, used for holding food or fluids.

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

The contents of such a vessel.

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.

A drinking goblet.

(figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.

A bowl-shaped part, as of a spoon or pipe.

(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

A bowl-shaped topographic depression.

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

A bowl-shaped stadium or outdoor theater.

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

(Football) Any of various postseason games played between specially selected teams, especially at the college level.

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

A ball, traditionally made of wood, that is weighted or slightly flattened so as to roll with a bias, used in lawn bowling.

One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.

A roll or throw of a ball in lawn bowling and other bowling games.

(archaic) A dressing room.

Bowls(used with a sing. verb) See lawn bowling.

(obsolete) A chamber pot.

A revolving cylinder or drum in a machine.

(dated) To dress and groom oneself.

To participate in a game of bowling

To use the toilet.

To throw or roll a ball in a game of bowling

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

To hurl a cricket ball from one end of the pitch toward the batsman at the other, keeping the arm straight throughout the delivery.

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

To move quickly and smoothly, especially by rolling

A dressing table.

To throw or roll (a ball).

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

To make (a specified score) in bowling

A room equipped with toilet facilities

To perform (a specified amount, as a string or game) in bowling

A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

To move quickly and smoothly by or as if by rolling

Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

To meet or strike with or as if with the force of a rapidly rolling object

The act of dressing and preparing yourself;

A roughly hemispherical container used to hold, mix or present food, such as salad, fruit or soup, or other items.

As much as is held by a bowl.

(cooking) A dish comprising a mix of different foods, not all of which need be cooked, served in a bowl.

A haircut in which straight hair is cut at an even height around the edges, forming a bowl shape.

The round hollow part of anything.

The part of a spoon that holds content, as opposed to the handle.

A part of a pipe or bong packed with marijuana for smoking

(typography) A rounded portion of a glyph that encloses empty space, as in the letters d and o.

(landforms) A round crater (or similar) in the ground.

An elliptical-shaped stadium or amphitheater resembling a bowl.

(American football) A postseason football competition, a bowl game (i.e. Rose Bowl, Super Bowl)

The ball rolled by players in the game of lawn bowls.

The action of bowling a ball.

The game of bowls.

(transitive) To roll or throw (a ball) in the correct manner in cricket and similar games and sports.

(intransitive) To throw the ball (in cricket and similar games and sports).

(intransitive) To play bowling or a similar game.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.

Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.

The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.

The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.

A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the other, so as to give it a bias when rolled.

An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward.

The game of tenpins or bowling.

To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball.

To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels; as, we were bowled rapidly along the road.

To pelt or strike with anything rolled.

To play with bowls.

To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc.

To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball; as, the carriage bowled along.

A round vessel that is open at the top; used for holding fruit or liquids or for serving food

A concave shape with an open top

A dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods

The quantity contained in a bowl

A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

A wooden ball (with flattened sides) used in the game of bowls

A small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco

Roll (a ball)

Engage in the sport of bowling;