What's the difference between stowage and storage?

Answer 1

stowage is electricall

Answer 2

Stowage: an act or process of stowing, or, storage capacity.

Storage: Space or place for storing.

They're the same! :)

Answer 3

Stowage refers to things being packed into a luggage area aboard a vessel like a ship or plane. Storage is where items are put into a space and kept for the owner-like in a warehouse area with individual rooms to separate one persons items from another

Answer 4

stowage - a room in which things are stored

Storage- The act of storing goods or the state of being stored. A space for storing goods.

Answer 5

stowage is when you put something in a particular place that usually has a specific function and you only use it periodically---storage,is just simply putting stuff somewhere not usually to be usednow and then-just stored for possible use later on rather than throwing it out

Answer 6

stow·age Pronunciation (stj)
n.
1.
a. The act, manner, or process of stowing.
b. The state of being stored.
2.
a. Space or room for storage.
b. A place or container for storage.
3. Goods in storage or to be stowed.
4. A charge for storing goods.


stor·age Pronunciation (stôrj, str-)
n.
1.
a. The act of storing goods or the state of being stored.
b. A space for storing goods.
c. The price charged for keeping goods stored.
2. The charging or regenerating of a storage battery.
3. Computer Science The part of a computer that stores information for subsequent use or retrieval.

Answer 7

Stowage is packing things - storage is keeping things in one place/condition.
Any cargo or freight is 'stowed' - but may not be stored for any length of time..
Go overseas and leave your household effects in storage - they'll be 'stowed' as well as 'stored'. Stowed into a container, stored till you return.
Go overseas and have your household effects sent out to you, they'll be 'stowed' for the journey, but unpacked (= not stored) after they arrive.

Answer 8

stowage
1 a : an act or process of stowing b : goods in storage or to be stowed
2 a : storage capacity b : a place or receptacle for storage
3 : the state of being stored


storage
1 a : space or a place for storing b : an amount stored c : MEMORY 4
2 a : the act of storing : the state of being stored; especially : the safekeeping of goods in a depository (as a warehouse) b : the price charged for keeping goods in a storehouse
3 : the production by means of electric energy of chemical reactions that when allowed to reverse themselves generate electricity again without serious loss

Answer 9

stow·age (stj)
n.
1.
a. The act, manner, or process of stowing.
b. The state of being stored.
2.
a. Space or room for storage.
b. A place or container for storage.
3. Goods in storage or to be stowed.
4. A charge for storing goods.

storage (uncountable)

The act of storing goods or the state of being stored
A place for storing goods
The price charged for storing goods
(computing) That part of a computer, such as discs, where data is stored for subsequent retrieval (but compare memory).

Answer 10

It's really just a matter of whether you have any teeth in your mouth.

Teeth = storage
No teeth = stowage

Answer 11

Difference Between Storage And Stowage