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Hostel vs Rostel - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hostel and rostel

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while rostel is a rostellum.

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

    * ----

    rostel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rostellum.
    • (Webster 1913)