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Hostel vs Brothel - What's the difference?

hostel | brothel |

As nouns the difference between hostel and brothel

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while brothel is a wretch; a depraved person; a lewd man or woman or brothel can be a house of prostitution.

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

    * ----

    brothel

    English

    (wikipedia brothel)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) brothel, brodel, brodelle, .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wretch; a depraved person; a lewd man or woman.

    • Etymology 2

    An abbreviation of ‘brothel-house’, ultimately from Old English , see above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A house of prostitution.
    • Synonyms
    * academy * bawdy-house * bordello * cathouse * crib * escort agency * house of ill fame * house of ill reputation * house of ill repute * knocking shop * leaping house * lupanar * massage parlour * nunnery * pushing school * red house * sauna * sporting house * vaulting school * whorehouse See also

    See also

    * red-light district * prostitute