Doghouse vs. Kennel
Difference Between Doghouse and Kennel
Doghousenoun
Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
Kennelnoun
A house or shelter for a dog.
– We want to look at the dog kennels.– That's the pet department, second floor.
Doghousenoun
A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
Kennelnoun
A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.
The town dog-catcher operates the kennel for strays.She raises registered Dalmatians at her kennel.Doghousenoun
Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
Kennelnoun
The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.
Doghousenoun
(nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
Kennelnoun
The hole of a fox or other animal.
Doghousenoun
A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
Kennelnoun
(obsolete) The gutter at the edge of a street; a surface drain.
Doghousenoun
(informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
Kennelnoun
(obsolete) A puddle.
Doghousenoun
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
Kennelverb
(transitive) To house or board a dog (or less commonly another animal).
While we're away our friends will kennel our pet poodle.Doghousenoun
an idiomatic term for being in disfavor;
in the doghouseKennelverb
(intransitive) To lie or lodge; to dwell, as a dog or a fox.
Kennelverb
(transitive) To drive (a fox) to covert in its hole.
Kennelnoun
outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog
Kennelverb
put up in a kennel;
kennel a dog
