compartment vs cell

compartment and cell both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
compartment	Yes	No	No	No
cell	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, cell is a hyponym of compartment; that is, cell is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than compartment:

Other hyponyms of compartment include cubbyhole, pigeonhole, call box, letter box, PO Box, POB, Post-Office box.

compartment (noun)	cell (noun)
a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area	(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
a space into which an area is subdivided	a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
	a room where a prisoner is kept
	small room in which a monk or nun lives
	any small compartment
	a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
	a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement