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Quarters vs Hostel - What's the difference?

quarters | hostel |

As nouns the difference between quarters and hostel

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

quarters

English

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=1 citation , passage=“I have visited my quarters , and find them very comfortable.
  • A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
  • quarterfinals.
  • 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

    Anagrams

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