Hospitality vs. Host

Hospitalitynoun

The act or service of welcoming, receiving, hosting, or entertaining guests.

‘Please thank our hosts for their hospitality during the week that we stayed.’;

Hostnoun

One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.

‘A good host is always considerate of the guest’s needs.’;

Hospitalitynoun

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

‘After graduating from college, she found a job in hospitality.’;

Hostnoun

One that provides a facility for an event.

Hospitalitynoun

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

‘Given to hospitality.’; ‘And little recks to find the way to heavenBy doing deeds of hospitality.’;

Hostnoun

A person or organization responsible for running an event.

‘Our company is host of the annual conference this year.’;

Hospitalitynoun

kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

Hostnoun

A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.

‘The host was terrible, but the acts themselves were good.’;

Hospitality

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.

Hostnoun

Any computer attached to a network.

Hostnoun

(ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.

‘Viruses depend on the host that they infect in order to be able to reproduce.’;

Hostnoun

An organism bearing certain genetic material.

‘The so-called junk DNA is known, so far, to provide no apparent benefit to its host.’;

Hostnoun

A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.

Hostnoun

A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)

Hostnoun

A large number of items; a large inventory.

‘The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.’;

Hostnoun

(Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.

Hostverb

To perform the role of a host.

‘Our company will host the annual conference this year.’; ‘I was terrible at hosting that show.’; ‘I’ll be hosting tonight. I hope I’m not terrible.’;

Hostverb

To lodge at an inn.

Hostverb

To run software made available to a remote user or process.

‘Kremvax hosts a variety of services.’;

Hostnoun

The consecrated wafer, believed to be the body of Christ, which in the Mass is offered as a sacrifice; also, the bread before consecration.

Hostnoun

An army; a number of men gathered for war.

‘A host so great as covered all the field.’;

Hostnoun

Any great number or multitude; a throng.

‘And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God.’; ‘All at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils.’;

Hostnoun

One who receives or entertains another, whether gratuitously or for compensation; one from whom another receives food, lodging, or entertainment; a landlord.

‘Time is like a fashionable host,That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.’;

Hostnoun

Any animal or plant affording lodgment or subsistence to a parasitic or commensal organism. Thus a tree is a host of an air plant growing upon it.

Hostverb

To give entertainment to.

Hostverb

To lodge at an inn; to take up entertainment.

Hostnoun

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

Hostnoun

a vast multitude

Hostnoun

an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; the host does not benefit and is often harmed by the association

Hostnoun

a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

Hostnoun

archaic terms for army

Hostnoun

any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event;

‘Atlanta was chosen to be host for the Olympic Games’;

Hostnoun

(medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor

Hostnoun

the owner or manager of an inn

Hostnoun

a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

Hostnoun

(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network

Hostverb

be the host of or for;

‘We hosted 4 couples last night’;