Hostelry vs Hostel - What's the difference?
hostelry | hostel |
an inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses)
the art and skill of guest management at a commercial facility such as a hotel, inn, motel, bed and breakfast, or hostel; the hostelry trade'', ''a degree in hostelry and tourism
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.
Hostel is a derived term of hostelry.
As nouns the difference between hostelry and hostel
is that hostelry is an inn that provides overnight accommodation for travellers (and, originally, their horses while hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.hostelry
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(hostelries)See also
*hostlerhostel
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(wikipedia hostel) (en noun)- (Holinshed)