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#1
Dec 24, 2013, 01:18 PM
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which one do you use? This has been an argument where I live lol.
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Dec 24, 2013, 02:07 PM
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cabinet.
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Dec 24, 2013, 02:31 PM
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cupboard
I think this is a regional thing... okay, I'm a geek. I googled the difference According to geek.com a cupboard has shelves and a cabinet does not. According to a linguistic site in the UK cupboard would be what we call a closet in the US. Is everyone completely confused yet? 
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#4
Dec 24, 2013, 02:43 PM
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I say cupboard and my husband says cabinet
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#5
Dec 24, 2013, 02:55 PM
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#6
Dec 24, 2013, 03:18 PM
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LOL nope. he's just wrong
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Dec 25, 2013, 12:49 PM
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Dec 25, 2013, 04:35 PM
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To us, on the east coast of Canada, the cupboards are the shelves where we place food and dishes. A cabinet is a single shelf section in the bathroom like a medicine cabinet. A hutch is a cabinet system with cupboards on the bottom and open shelves on top for dish displays, but it is an independent, movable piece of furniture. So, I guess, to our cultural group, cupboards are multiple and connected, whereas cabinets are more individual or free moving.
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Dec 25, 2013, 04:38 PM
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I heard both growing up, so I use them both...mom was from Colorado and dad was from Arkansas...I don't remember which side of the family used which though.
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Dec 25, 2013, 06:26 PM
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I say "cabinet."
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#11
Dec 25, 2013, 10:25 PM
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I say cabinet for one thing, and cupboard for another. A cabinet is a smaller storage, a cupboard is larger. My whole family does this, I think it's common where I'm from, too.
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Dec 26, 2013, 03:36 PM
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Cabinet unfortunately. The Internet has totally ruined my Queens English. I'm glad my English teachers cannot see me now...
Some of it is pure immersion, other times I just had to change, since Americans often don't know words in British English.
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Dec 27, 2013, 10:14 AM
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In South Africa we say cupboard as apposed to closet. But I call the bathroom thingy a cabinet.
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Dec 27, 2013, 10:18 AM
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I use cabinet ..... but when explaining where a particular item is in my kitchen to a visitor, I do not say "the cabinet door next to the fridge" I say, "the door next to the fridge"... so I don't actually use the word very often.
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Dec 27, 2013, 10:47 AM
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I use cupboard all the time for the storage spaces in the kitchen. I think I might use cabinet for a storage space that is fancier, more for display.
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Dec 28, 2013, 05:44 PM
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According to my handy dandy Chrome extension pop-up Dictionary:
cupboard A cabinet or closet, usually with a door and shelves, used for storage cabinet A cupboard with drawers or shelves for storing or displaying articles I use both depending which ever word pops into my head first... Although, in my doddering old age I sometimes call them... uh... I call them... crap... it's right on the tip of my tongue... gimee a minute and I'll remember... if I can just remember what it was that I was supposed to be remembering... Dan |
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#17
Dec 29, 2013, 08:56 AM
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I would say a cupboard is more like a bedroom wardrobe with solid doors and inside an assortment of compartments but can be anywhere in the house and built in or freestanding. A cabinet may have drawers at the bottom but most of the upper part would be glass doors so you can display/ see whats in it. Drinks cabinet, glasses cabinet, china cabinet, trophy cabinet. Im from UK though so not sure if its same US
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Dec 29, 2013, 09:30 AM
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The kitchen are the cupboards; everything else is a cabinet, if it has doors (with shelves or not); except if it is where clothes are stored and those are closets/wardrobes (robes), or armoires (all with shelves or not).
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Dec 29, 2013, 03:19 PM
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I'm from England and I think just about every storage unit is a cupboard to me
 If it's in the kitchen, it's a cupboard. If it's anywhere with a door and we store things in it, it's a cupboard. Although, a wardrobe is a wardrobe I think I probably use the word cabinet occasionally - like if there's a fancy cupboard with glass doors and it's huge!
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#20
Dec 30, 2013, 07:24 AM
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They're all cabinets to me.
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Dec 30, 2013, 08:22 AM
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Both, but usually I forget what it's called and I say ... "That ... uh ... you know, where the plates are."
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Dec 30, 2013, 09:36 AM
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Dec 31, 2013, 10:41 AM
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cabinet.....
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