different between gunroom vs wardroom

English

Etymology

gun +? room

Noun

gunroom (plural gunrooms)

1. A room where guns are stored.
2. Living quarters for junior officers and midshipmen on a warship (hence gunroom officers). In the past it was usually set in the forecastle.

See also

• wardroom

English

Etymology

ward +? room

Noun

wardroom (plural wardrooms)

1. (nautical) The living quarters of a ship designated for the commissioned officers other than the captain.
   • 1957, Neville Shute, On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 1,^[1]

     There were only about a dozen officers in the great wardroom, six of them in the khaki gabardine working uniform of the U.S. Navy.

2. (nautical) The commissioned officers of a ship, excluding the captain.

   The captain rarely referred to his wardroom for advice, and this resulted in their discontent.

   • 1850, Herman Melville, White-Jacket, New York: Harper, 1855, Chapter 11, p. 56,^[2]

     […] it having also reached the ears of the Ward-room that the work contained reflections somewhat derogatory to the dignity of the officers, the volume was seized by the master-at-arms, armed with a warrant from the Captain.

Translations

See also

• gunroom