different between alcove vs compartment

English

Etymology

From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic ????????? (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.k??v/

Noun

alcove (plural alcoves)

1. A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
2. A shady retreat.

   The house was situated in a leafy alcove.

Translations

Anagrams

• coeval, coëval

Italian

Noun

alcove f

1. plural of alcova

Anagrams

• celavo
• vocale

English

Etymology

First attested 1564, from Middle French compartiment, from Italian compartimento, from Late Latin compartiri (“to divide with, to share with”), from com- + partiri (“to apportion, to divide, to share”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?m?p??tm?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?part?ment

Noun

compartment (plural compartments)

1. A room, or section, or chamber

   Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class railway carriage.

2. One of the parts into which an area is subdivided.
3. (biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.
4. (heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.
5. (anatomy) A region in the body, delimited by a biological membrane.

Derived terms

• engine compartment

Translations

Verb

compartment (third-person singular simple present compartments, present participle compartmenting, simple past and past participle compartmented)

1. (transitive) To arrange in separate compartments.