Cottage vs. Hovel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cottage and Hovel
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Cottage
A cottage is typically a small house. It may carry the connotation of being an old or old-fashioned building.
Hovel
A small, miserable dwelling.
Cottage
A small house, typically one in the country
A holiday cottage
Hovel
An open, low shed.
Cottage
(in the context of casual homosexual encounters) a public toilet.
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Hovel
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
Cottage
Perform homosexual acts in a public toilet
I was busted for cottaging
Hovel
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
Cottage
A small, single-storied house, especially in the country.
Hovel
In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
Cottage
A usually small vacation house.
Hovel
(transitive) To put in a hovel; to shelter.
Cottage
A small house.
Hovel
(transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.
Cottage
A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
Hovel
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
Cottage
A public lavatory.
Hovel
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
Cottage
(Polari) A meeting place for homosexual men.
Hovel
A large conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
Cottage
To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
Hovel
To put in a hovel; to shelter.
To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlon.
The poor are hoveled and hustled together.
Cottage
To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
Hovel
Small crude shelter used as a dwelling
Cottage
A small house; a cot; a hut.
Cottage
A small house with a single story
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