Guesthouse vs. Inn — What's the Difference?

A small house or cottage adjacent to a main house, used for lodging guests.

Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommodation for horses.

A bed-and-breakfast.

A public lodging house serving food and drink to travelers; a hotel.

A small house near a main house, for lodging visitors.

A tavern or restaurant.

A private house offering accommodation to paying guests; a boarding house; a bed and breakfast.

Chiefly British Formerly, a residence hall for students, especially law students, in London.

A house separate from the main house; for housing guests

Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.

A tavern.

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.

(obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

To house; to lodge.

To take lodging; to lodge.

A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.

A house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers or wayfarers; a tavern; a public house; a hotel.

The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person; as, Leicester Inn.

One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers; as, the Inns of Court; the Inns of Chancery; Serjeants' Inns.

To take lodging; to lodge.

To house; to lodge.

A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers