Repository Vs Depository — Do They Mean Different Things?

Repository comes from the 15th century French word repositoire meaning ‘placed back.’ (I always think 'repose,’ as in something resting in storage) Repository is a more common word than depository - generally because it’s 200 years older - and it means a place where things are stored. More specifically, you can use the word repository to describe a place where significant items are stored, such as pieces of art, important documents and artifacts. I would also use repository in a metaphorical sense. For example in my circle of friends, I’m known (rather flatteringly) as the person who usually knows what unusual or obscure words mean. In other words, to them, I am a repository of word definitions. <a href="https://medium.com/@m.a.robertswrite/repository-vs-depository-do-they-mean-different-things-8bf53de899b1">Click Here</a>