What's the difference between cubicle and nook?

Cubicle


Definition:

  • (n.) A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eight adult male rats were chronically cannulated in the jugular vein and placed individually in a sound-attenuated cubicle.
  • (2) He fired four bullets through a lavatory door, killing Steenkamp, who was in the cubicle inside the athlete's house in an upmarket housing complex in the capital Pretoria.
  • (3) The third one concern post-operation days: cubicle initial fumigation, high efficiency filtration and positive pressure air, strict protective insulation, single-use things, controlled food, specific anti viral prevention, catheters and tubes removal or replacement.
  • (4) Other variables may be associated with host resistance: an increasing percentage of cows leaking milk increased the rate of mastitis; postmilking teat disinfection was associated with a higher incidence of clinical mastitis; and a high frequency of cubicle disinfection was also associated with more mastitis.
  • (5) The second was in high school, when I was sitting in what I thought was a private toilet stall and looked up to find half a dozen of my so-called friends leaning over from the next cubicle, laughing.
  • (6) This has become a serious problem, particularly when the animals are housed in cubicles.
  • (7) One was a sign on my primary school toilet cubicle door: "Now wash your hands."
  • (8) In 3 successive years (1971, 1972, and 1973) semen productivity and quality were measured for medium size Broad Breasted White turkey males kept under 3 different systems of management (cages, cubicles and floor).
  • (9) Spot checks are regularly made by police officers in public toilet cubicles – there is no point having a law if it’s not enforced.
  • (10) The irradiation source used was that of conventional longwave UV fluorescent tubes mounted in a specially constructed cubicle.
  • (11) Erhardt, from south-west Germany, was found dead in a shower cubicle at his temporary accommodation in east London.
  • (12) I’m proud of the fact that in one cubicle on our ward is the baby daughter of wealthy British-Singaporean city workers and in the next door cubicle is the son of Eritrean refugees who speak poor English.
  • (13) Steenkamp slumped into a "seated or semi-seated position" on top of the magazine rack in the cubicle, where she was hit another two times, he said.
  • (14) Three of the children demonstrated little generalization to home when trained in a cubicle.
  • (15) Most cattle seemed to rid themselves of infection during the following months whether or not they were at pasture, housed in cubicles or in byres.
  • (16) It was a tiny cubicle, less than 1.5 by 1.5 metres, to have fired into."
  • (17) Perhaps set smaller goals to begin with, for instance "Don't drink the dregs of strangers' drinks" or "No drinking on your own in the morning in a toilet cubicle at work", and see where you go from there.
  • (18) "Sure, there's no time limit," a red-haired freckled-faced teenager had told us as she showed Rex and me to our bedsit-sized cubicle.
  • (19) Examples are given related to tying-stalls and to cubicle-housing.
  • (20) Tents and office-style cubicles will be used for the privacy of families.

Nook


Definition:

  • (n.) A narrow place formed by an angle in bodies or between bodies; a corner; a recess; a secluded retreat.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) ForzaVista is back, but it's been hugely expanded allowing players to poke around every nook and cranny of every car in the game.
  • (2) San Andreas is a state of contrasts and extraordinary detail, there is always some interesting new nook to chance on, some breathtaking previously unexperienced view across the hills toward the capitalist spires of downtown.
  • (3) Pearson has acquired a 5% stake in Nook Media – a new company that houses Barnes & Noble's e-reader and tablet operations, digital bookstore and 674 college bookstores in the USA – for $89.5m.
  • (4) Then Cabrera is back for more and he launches a fly ball deep into that little nook in right center field - in front of the 420 feet sign, Ellsbury reaches up and makes the catch for a nerve racking out number two.
  • (5) Although everyone talks about "ebooks", the reality is that Kindle sales are 95% or more of the market; despite the best efforts of Kobo, Apple and Nook (the latter US-only as yet), they haven't managed to break the dominance of the device that Bezos unveiled in November 2007.
  • (6) At her most energised in front of the Monster High figurines, she was also a big fan of the book department, with its imagination-inducing soundscapes and nooks for reading.
  • (7) At the divisional courthouse, a palatial complex of octagonal towers and Florentine domes originally built as the accounting office of British Burma, the windows have blown out and vegetation sprouts from every nook, yet inside the decaying shell, the courts continue to press on.
  • (8) And we will extend this principle of transparency to every nook and cranny of politics and public life, because it's one of the quickest and easiest ways to transfer power to the powerless and prevent waste, exploitation and abuse.
  • (9) "He is very seized by the need to leverage legacy from every nook and cranny of the project.
  • (10) Hidden in nooks, crannies and side-roads of the City of Angels, there are, contrary to popular perception, numerous family-run guesthouses, intimate boutique hotels and even quirky little B&BS.
  • (11) Along with an interactive diorama-style Everest that lets you peer into all its nooks and crevasses, there are also interactive areas at famous parts of the climb.
  • (12) Seen from almost any nook and corner viewpoint in central Birmingham, this unexpected building - unclassifiable in neat, art-historical terms - is all but guaranteed to raise a smile.
  • (13) However, it was markedly cooler across the North Sea coast of England and Scotland, where Donna Nook in Lincolnshire peaked at only 16C.
  • (14) The deal will put Pearson in competition with Amazon's market-dominating Kindle e-reader – Jeff Bezos's company enjoys 95% of sales in the market – with the Nook currently only available in the US.
  • (15) In English waters, smaller populations at the nature reserves at Blakeney Point, in Norfolk, and Donna Nook, in Lincolnshire, also fell sharply.
  • (16) Open Mon-Fri 11.30am-1am, Sat 11.30am-2pm, Sun 12.30pm-midnight Sunflower Facebook Twitter Pinterest A jam session at Sunflower Inside this dusky nook of a bar - crowned the best in the city last year, but under threat from developers - the beer choice is bang up to date.
  • (17) The release this week of several detailed files on Hobsbawm and Hill is a reminder of just how deeply the cold war penetrated into every nook and cranny of British academic life.
  • (18) "With this investment, we have entered into a commercial agreement with Nook Media that will allow our two companies to work closely together in order to create a more seamless and effective experience for students".
  • (19) Adults £85 per day, children (aged 13-17) £60 per day, overnight kayak camping expeditions an additional £15 per person per night Eilean Donan, Dornie Photograph: Alamy Clamber around the ramparts and explore the dimly lit nooks and crannies of one of the most romantic castles in Scotland.
  • (20) Bright affectionately remembers all the "nooks and crannies" of the 1820s house, but has no regrets about the move.