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Hostel vs Hall - What's the difference?

hostel | hall |

In obsolete terms the difference between hostel and hall

is that hostel is a small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge while hall is cleared passageway through a crowd.

As nouns the difference between hostel and hall

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while hall is a corridor; a hallway.

As a proper noun Hall is

{{surname|British and Scandinavian topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived in or near a hall.

hostel

English

Noun

(wikipedia hostel) (en noun)
  • A commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel
  • (not US) A temporary refuge for the homeless providing a bed and sometimes food
  • (obsolete) A small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge.
    • (Holinshed)

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * hosteler, hosteller * hostelry

    Related terms

    * host * hostler * hotel

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hall

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A corridor; a hallway.
  • *, chapter=13
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  • A meeting room.
  • A manor house (originally because a magistrate's court was held in the hall of his mansion).
    • (Cowell)
  • A building providing student accommodation at a university.
  • The principal room of a secular medieval building.
  • (label) Cleared passageway through a crowd.
  • * (Ben Jonson) (1572-1637)
    • A hall ! a hall!

    Derived terms

    * great hall * hall monitor * hall of fame * hall of shame