Toilet vs. Closet — 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 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.

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 tall cupboard or wardrobe with a door, used for storage

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

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

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

Secret; covert

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.

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

A room or booth containing such an apparatus.

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

The act or process of dressing or grooming oneself.

A small private chamber, as for study or prayer.

Dress; attire; costume.

A water closet; a toilet.

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

A state of secrecy or cautious privacy

(Archaic) A dressing table.

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

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

Private; confidential

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.

Being so or engaging only in private; secret

(figuratively) A very shabby or dirty place.

Based on theory and speculation rather than practice.

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

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

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

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

Any private or inner room, particularly:

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

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

One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.

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

(archaic) A dressing room.

A place of fanciful contemplation and theorizing.

(obsolete) A chamber pot.

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

(dated) To dress and groom oneself.

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

To use the toilet.

A private cabinet, particularly:

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

(obsolete) One used to store valuables.

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

(archaic) One used to store curiosities.

A dressing table.

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

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

(slang, uncommon) closet case.

A room equipped with toilet facilities

Any small room or side-room, particularly:

A plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.

Misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

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

The act of dressing and preparing yourself;

(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;