Difference between feces and toilet in Korean

대변·변기

feces

대변feces

대변 means feces, stool, or poop. It is a polite and common word in medical, health, and care situations. You may hear it at the doctor, in parenting talk, or when people talk about cleaning up after a pet.

How to say feces
toilet

변기toilet

A toilet (변기) is the thing in the bathroom that people use when they need to pee or poop. In Korean, this word usually means the toilet itself, not the whole bathroom. You can use it when talking about cleaning it, buying one, or saying that it is broken.

How to say toilet

The difference

변기 is the toilet itself, the thing in the bathroom. 대변 is the waste that comes out of the body.