Compartment
Compartment noun - One of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided.
Usage example: a backpack with many handy compartments for storing your camping gear
Vault and compartment are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vault" instead a noun "Compartment".
Vault
Vault noun - An underground burial chamber.
Compartment and vault are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compartment" instead a noun "Vault".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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A few moments later Ron comes along and engages in a complicated routine involving vault locks, thumbprint and retinal scanners, codes, door chains, more locks, keycards and two sets of doors to get into the same compartment.
Source: Theatre / A Very Potter Musical
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