Homestay vs Hostel - What's the difference?
homestay | hostel |
a system whereby students visiting a foreign country to study board with a local family at an affordable price
a house used primarily as the residence of the owner but with the business of accommodating paying guests
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.
As nouns the difference between homestay and hostel
is that homestay is a system whereby students visiting a foreign country to study board with a local family at an affordable price while hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.homestay
English
(wikipedia homestay)Noun
(en noun)hostel
English
Noun
(wikipedia hostel) (en noun)- (Holinshed)