LOL I think a basinette is more fixed and a cradle rocks... thats the only difference I know. A cot is larger... heaps of babies go straight into cots. We got a hammock for this one because of sleep issues we had with our first, so we have an Amby hammock instead of a bassinette or cradle.

https://www.bellybelly.com.au/baby/m...hings-for-baby This is an article on the main site about top 5 things for babies and there is another one in the same section that is the 3 least used things HTH!