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Hostel vs Backpackers - What's the difference?

hostel | backpackers |

As nouns the difference between hostel and backpackers

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while backpackers is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals.

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

    * ----

    backpackers

    English

    Alternative forms

    * backpackers’

    Noun

    (backpackers)
  • English plurals
  • A hostel catering to backpackers.
  • * {{quote-book, 2002, Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, and Paul Whitfield, publisher=Rough Guides, New Zealand, page=790 citation
    • , passage=If the place really appeals you can stay at the backpackers across the street
  • * {{quote-book, 2004, Mary Fitzpatrick et al., publisher=Lonely Planet, South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland, page=199 citation
    • , passage=Low-season competition between the several backpackers' and many guesthouses in town keeps prices down, but in high season expect steep price hikes (except at the ' backpackers ) and book ahead.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2006, Byron Loker, New Swell, page=76 citation
    • , passage=The girl's name was Sherry and she was from England and was staying at the backpackers' near the beach.}}

    Usage notes

    * (hostel) Variously written with or without a final apostrophe, as "backpackers" or "backpackers'".