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Hostel vs Hoster - What's the difference?

hostel | hoster |

As nouns the difference between hostel and hoster

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while hoster is (computing|internet|neologism) a provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.

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

    * ----

    hoster

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.
    • Make sure your hoster provides a fast FTP access to your files.
  • * 2004 , (Reuters) news item at (CNet News) , 25 September 2004:
    • Microsoft sues Web hoster over spam

    Synonyms

    * hosting company * web host, webhost

    Derived terms

    * web hoster, webhoster

    Noun

    • Verb

    (head)