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Hall vs Passageway - What's the difference?

hall | passageway | Synonyms |

Hall is a synonym of passageway.


As nouns the difference between hall and passageway

is that hall is hell while passageway is a covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.

hall

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A corridor; a hallway.
  • *, chapter=13
    • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.}}
  • 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

    passageway

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A covered walkway, between rooms or buildings.
  • * 1994 , (Stephen Fry), (The Hippopotamus) Chapter 2
    • The door of the twins' room opposite was open; a twenty-watt night-light threw a weak yellow glow into the passageway . David could hear the twins breathing in time with each other.
  • Any way for passing in, out or through something.