hostel

In obsolete terms the difference between hostel and hall

is that hostel is a small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge while hall is cleared passageway through a crowd.

As nouns the difference between hostel and hall

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while hall is a corridor; a hallway.

As a proper noun Hall is

{{surname|British and Scandinavian topographic|from=Middle English}} for someone who lived in or near a hall.

As nouns the difference between hostel and lodges

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while lodges is plural of lang=en.

As a verb lodges is

third-person singular of lodge.

As nouns the difference between lounge and hostel

is that lounge is lounge (waiting room) while hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel.

As nouns the difference between hostel and shelter

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while shelter is a refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.

As a verb shelter is

to provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.

As nouns the difference between hostel and backpack

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while backpack is a knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking]], or on a student's back when [[carry|carrying books.

As a verb backpack is

to hike and camp overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack.

In obsolete terms the difference between hostel and apartment

is that hostel is a small, unendowed college in Oxford or Cambridge while apartment is a division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment.

As nouns the difference between hostel and apartment

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while apartment is a complete domicile occupying only part of a building.

As nouns the difference between hostel and retreat

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while retreat is the act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.

As a verb retreat is

to withdraw military forces.

As nouns the difference between hostel and accommodation

is that hostel is a commercial overnight lodging place, with dormitory accommodation and shared facilities, especially a youth hostel while accommodation is (lodging) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.

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.