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Hospital vs Cuddler - What's the difference?

hospital | cuddler |

As nouns the difference between hospital and cuddler

is that hospital is a building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients while cuddler is someone or something cuddly, who cuddles.

As an adjective hospital

is (obsolete) hospitable.

hospital

English

(wikipedia hospital)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying. Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients.
  • A building founded for the long term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  • (obsolete) A place of lodging.
  • * , II.ix:
    • they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale , / They thither marcht [...].
  • The place and state of being hospitalized.
    • Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * cottage hospital

    Related terms

    * hospitable * hospitality * hospitaller

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) hospitable
    • (Howell)
    1000 English basic words ----

    cuddler

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something cuddly, who cuddles.
  • * 1993 , - More Than Friends - Page 60
    • Zoe was a cuddler'. Annie swore she had been a '''cuddler in the womb, so continued...
  • (chiefly, US) Someone who volunteers or works in a hospital by caring for babies (by showing human touch, giving cuddles etc.)
  • * 1995', David Walter Adams, Eleanor J. Deveau - ''Beyond the Innocence of Childhood '' #*:''At the Children's Hospital, an active '''cuddler''''s program was developed to provide stimulation for infants whose parents found it difficult to visit on a regualar basis. '''Cuddlers are recruited from within the hospital and the local community.
  • * 2007 , April, - '' People, places and things
    • A volunteer program at St. Vincent Children's Hospital is aimed at taking care of the littlest patients. Nancy Franciscy is one of 15 cuddlers''' at St. Vincent. The '''cuddlers are volunteers in the neonatal intensive care unit. The program began in the fall.

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