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Accomodation vs Steerage - What's the difference?

accomodation | steerage |

As nouns the difference between accomodation and steerage

is that accomodation is while steerage is (uncountable) the art of steering.

accomodation

English

Noun

(head)
  • steerage

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The art of steering.
  • (countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
  • *1896 , Henry Lawson, For`ard
  • *:It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,
  • *:For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away like sheep
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=1 citation , passage=“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.
  • (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
  • Derived terms

    * steerageway