Hospitable vs. Hospitality — What's the Difference?

Friendly and welcoming to visitors or guests

Hospitality is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with some amount of goodwill, including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers. Louis, chevalier de Jaucourt describes hospitality in the Encyclopédie as the virtue of a great soul that cares for the whole universe through the ties of humanity.

Disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity.

Cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.

Indicative of cordiality toward guests

An instance of cordial and generous treatment of guests.

Having an open mind; receptive

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests; an appropriate attitude of openness, respect, and generosity toward guests.

Favorable to growth and development; agreeable

The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.

Cordial and generous towards guests

The food, drink, and entertainment given to customers by a company or organization or provided to visitors by a private host.

Receptive and open-minded

The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and generous liberality.

Favorable

Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

Favorable for life; livable; suitable for life.

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospitality.

Proceeding from or indicating kindness and generosity to guests and strangers; as, hospitable rites.

Favorable to life and growth;

Disposed to treat guests and strangers with cordiality and generosity;

(`hospitable' is usually followed by `to') having an open mind;