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Cottage vs. Hovel — What's the Difference?

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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