Clinical Nurse Specialist, RN. After graduating from nursing school in Japan, I worked for two years in a large Tokyo hospital.
The definition of a stool is a seat without arms supported by three or four legs. An example of a stool is a seat that you'd sit on at a bar. Stool is the waste matter in a bowel movement. An example of stool is the source of the sample provided to a medical lab to check for stomach parasites. a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, typically having a round seat, three or four legs or a central post, and no back or arms.
Definition of toilet. 1  1 archaic : dressing table. 2  2 : the act or process of dressing and grooming oneself. 3  3a (1) : bathroom, lavatory 2 (2) : privyb : a fixture that consists usually of a water-flushed bowl and seat and is used for defecation and urination.