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Hrsanei Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Wardrobe vs closet

Hi.
Is there any difference between closet and wardrobe?
My impression is that, closet can be a built in space in the bedroom, but wardrobe is usaully woden, that can be moved from one house to another.
Thank you
Hamid
  

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Hi, Yes, that's right. I don't hear the word 'wardrobe' these days. Maybe it is still used by people who live in older houses.

  • Hi, Yes, that's right.
  • I don't hear the word 'wardrobe' these days.
  • Maybe it is still used by people who live in older houses.
  • I don't know.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Yes, that's right.

I don't hear the word 'wardrobe' these days. Maybe it is still used by people who live in older houses. I don't know.

Clive
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hrsaneiHi.Is there any difference between closet and wardrobe?
American homes have big closets. It is part of the design of the house.
A wardrobe is a piece of furniture for storing (hanging) clothes. I lived in a European country where the homes were not designed with closets. I bought several wardrobes from Ikea.
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Thank you for your explanations.
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"Closet" is mainly American, if I'm not mistaken Emotion: wink
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Closet- American
Wardrobe - British
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We had both when I was an American kid. The "wardrobe" was free-standing.

The term "wardrobe" is also used to refer to one's current collection of clothes.
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A closet can be either a cupboard or a small room with a door and can be used to store clothes

A wardrobe is something you store your clothes in and is usually free standing but can also be fitted into a recess

A bit confusing.....
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Right, in UK homes, the concept of a small walk-in area for storing clothes traditionally did not exist.* Traditionally (and largely still) we have "wardrobes", which are pieces of furniture.

* Though I believe that going way back, perhaps to the Middle Ages, the "garderobe", from which the word "wardrobe" derives, typically was a small room.
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True. Which is why I say it's confusing.

However, you don't step into a wardrobe but can step into a closet

Even though someone here stated that wardrobe is ;British', the English do say things like 'Coming out of the closet' when revealing something about themselves and therefore closet is not entirely an American word and also denotes that a closet is something that is stepped

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