different between cockpit vs cabin

English

Etymology

From cock +? pit.

Noun

cockpit (plural cockpits)

1. The driver's compartment in a racing car (or, by extension, in a sports car or other automobile). [from 20th c.]
2. The compartment in an aircraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled; an analogous area in a spacecraft. [from 20th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A pit or other enclosure for cockfighting. [from 16th c.]
4. (figuratively) A site of conflict; a battlefield. [from 16th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan 2017, p. 170:

     India became the cockpit in which it was shown that trade was war carried on under another name.

5. (vulgar, slang) The vagina. [from 17th c.]
6. (Jamaican) A valley surrounded by steep forested slopes. [from 17th c.]
7. (nautical, now historical) The area set aside for junior officers including the ship's surgeon on a man-of-war, where the wounded were treated; the sickbay. [from 17th c.]
8. (nautical) A well, usually near the stern, where the helm is located. [from 18th c.]
9. (figuratively) An area from where something is controlled or managed; a centre of control. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (control area of an airplane): flight deck, office

Derived terms

• bathtub cockpit
• cockpit voice recorder, cockpit recorder
• glass cockpit
• greenhouse cockpit

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• Pitcock, cocktip

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (plural cockpits)

1. cockpit

Further reading

• “cockpit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpiter, definite plural cockpitene)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English cockpit.

Noun

cockpit m (definite singular cockpiten, indefinite plural cockpitar, definite plural cockpitane)

1. (aviation, nautical) a cockpit (of an aircraft or boat)

References

• “cockpit” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle English caban, cabane, from Old French cabane, from Medieval Latin capanna (“a cabin”); see further etymology there. Doublet of cabana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæb?n/
• Rhymes: -æb?n

Noun

cabin (plural cabins)

1. (US) A small dwelling characteristic of the frontier, especially when built from logs with simple tools and not constructed by professional builders, but by those who meant to live in it.
   • 1994, Michael Grumley, "Life Drawing" in Violet Quill

     And that was how long we stayed in the cabin, pressed together, pulling the future out of each other, sweating and groaning and making sure each of us remembered.

2. (informal) A chalet or lodge, especially one that can hold large groups of people.
3. A private room on a ship.
4. The interior of a boat, enclosed to create a small room, particularly for sleeping.
5. The passenger area of an airplane.
6. (travel, aviation) The section of a passenger plane having the same class of service.
7. (rail transport, informal) A signal box.
8. A small room; an enclosed place.
9. (India) A private office; particularly of a doctor, businessman, lawyer, or other professional.

Synonyms

• cell
• chamber
• hut
• pod
• shack
• shed

Antonyms

• hall
• palace
• villa

Derived terms

• cabin boy
• cabin cruiser
• log cabin
• signal cabin

Descendants

• ? French: cabine (see there for further descendants)
• ? Japanese: ???? (kyabin)
• ? Korean: ?? (kaebin)

Translations

Verb

cabin (third-person singular simple present cabins, present participle cabining, simple past and past participle cabined)

1. (transitive) To place in a cabin or other small space.
2. (by extension) To limit the scope of.
   • 2019, Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, page 16, note 11:

     There was a time when this Court’s precedents may have portended the kind of First Amendment liability for purely private property owners that the majority spends so much time rejecting. […] But the Court soon stanched that trend. See Lloyd Corp. v. Tanner, 407 U. S. 551, 561–567 (1972) (cabining Marsh and refusing to extend Logan Valley); Hudgens v. NLRB, 424 U. S. 507, 518 (1976) (making clear that “the rationale of Logan Valley did not survive” Lloyd).

3. (intransitive, obsolete) To live in, or as if in, a cabin; to lodge.

See also

• cabana

Further reading

• cabin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cabin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• cabin at OneLook Dictionary Search