different between dovecot vs dovecote

English

Compound of dove +? cote.

dovecot (plural dovecots)

A dovecote.
- 1882: In 1430 King's College, Cambridge, sells the pigeon's dung from its dovecot for 2s. 8d., in 1461 for 3s., in 1537 for 4s. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 412.

Compound of dove +? cote.

dovecote (plural dovecotes)

A small house or box, raised to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house.
Synonyms: columbarium, (Scotland) doocot, dovehouse
(historical) In medieval Europe, a round or square structure of stone or wood, free-standing or built into a tower, in which pigeons were kept.

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