Cabinet vs. Chest — What's the Difference?

An upright, cupboardlike repository with shelves, drawers, or compartments for the safekeeping or display of objects.

The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and the breastbone; the thorax.

(Computers) The box that houses the main components of a computer, such as the central processing unit, disk drives, and expansion slots.

The front or ventral portion of this part

Often Cabinet A body of persons appointed by a head of state or a prime minister to head the executive departments of the government and to act as official advisers.

A sturdy box with a lid and often a lock, used especially for storage.

(Archaic) A small or private room set aside for a specific activity.

A small closet or cabinet with shelves for storing supplies

Rhode Island & Southeastern Massachusetts See milkshake.

The treasury of a public institution.

Suitable for storage or display in a cabinet, as because of size or decorative quality.

The funds kept there.

Of, relating to, or being a member of a governmental cabinet

A box for the shipping of certain goods, such as tea.

Used in the making of cabinets

The quantity packed in such a box.

A storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall.

A sealed receptacle for liquid, gas, or steam.

A cupboard.

A bureau; a dresser.

The upright assembly that houses a coin-operated arcade game, a cab.

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

(historical) A size of photograph, specifically one measuring 3⅞" by 5½".

(obsolete) A coffin.

A group of advisors to a government or business entity.

The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

In parliamentary and some other systems of government, the group of ministers responsible for creating government policy and for overseeing the departments comprising the executive branch.

A chest of drawers.

(Kentucky) A cabinet-level agency in the executive branch; that is, an agency headed by a member of the governor's cabinet.

(anatomy) The portion of the front of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax. Also the analogous area in other animals.

(archaic) A small chamber or private room.

A hit or blow made with one's chest.

(often capitalized) A collection of art or ethnographic objects.

Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

Milkshake.

To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

(obsolete) A hut; a cottage; a small house.

(transitive) To deposit in a chest.

An enclosure for mechanical or electrical equipment.

To place in a coffin.

A hut; a cottage; a small house.

A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

A coffin.

A private room in which consultations are held.

The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:

A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.

Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.

Strife; contention; controversy.

Suitable for a cabinet; small.

To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

To inclose

To place in a coffin.

A cupboard-like repository or piece of furniture with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display

The part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates

Persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

Box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy

A storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock

Furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

Housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television