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What is the difference between bathroom and toilet?
31. Jan. 2011 17:12
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The bathroom is a place where there is a bath or a shower, a washbasin and often a toilet.
The toilet is a large bowl with a seat, connected to a water pipe, that you use when you need to get rid of waste material from your body.
31. Januar 2011
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"Bathroom" and "toilet" can be used the same way. However, "toilet" can also mean the device that you use *in* the bathroom (el váter)
"Restroom" is probably the most polite word for the room. "Bathroom" and "toilet" are about equal. Some English speakers also call it a "water closet", a "WC", or a "loo".
31. Januar 2011
They are different.
A bathroom contains a bath (and/or shower) whilst a toilet does not. The toilet just contains a toilet (and a sink).
I actually use none of these though. I use the word "loo" for toilet, and I only use the word "bathroom" for the one which contains a bath (how can it be called a "bathroom" when there's no bath in it?). To confuse matters, I often go to the loo in my bathroom! In British English the bathroom can only be found in the home. Otherwise it's a toilet or a loo.
Everyone uses different words for all these things though. There is no black and white answer.
I think the word "restroom" is ridiculous.
31. Januar 2011
Bathroom is the original english word, and Toilet is a word taken from french, but is also used in english language.
31. Januar 2011
In American English the most common word is "bathroom" especially when it's in a private place (like a home). "Restroom" is the word for public spaces like restaurants and office buildings. "Toilet" is the the thing that you go in/on and flush. In less than modest language (e.g. "working-class" language) a person might call the bathroom a toilet.
1. Februar 2011
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