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“Hostel” or “Hostile”

hostel / hostile are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

hostel hh·AA·s·t·ah·l

  • nouna hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers.
  • nouninexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips).

hostile hh·AA·s·t·ah·l

  • nountroops belonging to the enemy's military forces.
  • adjectivecharacterized by enmity or ill will.
  • adjectivenot belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally.
  • adjectiveimpossible to bring into friendly accord.
  • adjectivevery unfavorable to life or growth.
  • adjectiveunsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business).
Usage

Examples in context

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“hostel”

  • Hostel: Part II (2007) - Italian…
  • Swimming Pool,24hrs ATM,SPA,Good Hostel Facility(ALL THE DETAILS ARE FAKE)
  • …Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior, Miharu Tsuneda
  • The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures features a…
  • Hostel No.
  • …was head of a boys' hostel in Stellenbosch where a third…
  • …children stay in the school's hostel during the week.
  • …the form of tuition fees, hostel fees, mess bills and travel…
  • …its original campus was the hostel building of the Government Polytechnic…
  • Hostelling International, a federation of youth…

“hostile”

  • 410: Hostile Force (January 2013)
  • 295: Hostile Alliance
  • 193: Hostile Action
  • …to Colorado in pursuit of hostile Utes and engaged them on…
  • …the area in search of hostile Apaches.
  • …and the supervisor was avowed hostile".
  • …Mexico where they captured 400 hostile Apache and their chiefs.
  • 239: Hostile Proximity
  • …and European settlers were cautiously hostile, as neither side was interested…
  • 329: Hostile Crossing

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