container vs drawer

drawer vs container

container and drawer both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
container	Yes	No	No	No
drawer	Yes	No	No	No

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

container: any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
drawer: a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

Other hyponyms of container include bag, bag, handbag, pocketbook, purse, basket, handbasket, bin, bowl, pipe bowl, box, bread-bin, breadbox, bunker, can, tin, tin can, canister, cannister, tin, capsule, cargo container, case, case, display case, showcase, vitrine, cassette, cup, cylinder, dice box, dice cup, dish, dispenser, Dumpster, empty, envelope, drinking glass, glass, grab bag, magnetic bottle, mailer, manger, trough, measure, cast, mold, mould, package, parcel, pan, fuel pod, pod, flowerpot, pot, powder flask, powder horn, receptacle, reliquary, saltcellar, bank, coin bank, money box, savings bank, coal scuttle, scuttle, shaker, spoon, storage ring, thimble, time capsule, vessel, circular file, waste-paper basket, waste basket, wastebasket, wastepaper basket, watering can, watering pot, workbag, workbasket, workbox.

container (noun)	drawer (noun)
any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)	a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
	an artist skilled at drawing
	the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

Difference between container and drawer

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