Difference between Galley and Cookhouse

What is the difference between Galley and Cookhouse?

Galley as a noun is a ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not. while Cookhouse as a noun is a small house where cooking takes place; a kitchen house.

Galley

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not. A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

Cookhouse

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A small house where cooking takes place; a kitchen house.

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