As nouns the difference between motel and shotel
is that
motel is a lodging establishment typically featuring a series of rooms whose entrance is immediately adjacent to a parking lot, as might facilitate easy access to one's automobile during an overnight stay, particularly located near a major highway while
shotel is an Abyssinian curved blade similar to the scimitar.
As an adjective motel
is any of several architectural or interior design styles associated with motels, such as "
identicalness", "
anonymity", or any other perceived attribute of motels, particularly as differentiated from
hotels.