Hut vs. Igloo — What's the Difference?

A hut is a primitive dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials. Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, ice, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches, hides, fabric, or mud using techniques passed down through the generations.

An igloo (Inuit languages: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics ᐃᒡᓗ [iɣˈlu] (plural: igluit ᐃᒡᓗᐃᑦ [iɣluˈit])), also known as a snow house or snow hut, is a type of shelter built of snow, typically built when the snow is suitable. Although igloos are often associated with all Inuit and Eskimo peoples, they were traditionally used only by the people of Canada's Central Arctic and Greenland's Thule area.

A small, simple, single-storey house or shelter

A house made of blocks of snow, such as those built by the Inuit.

Provide with huts

A dome-shaped structure or building.

A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.

A dome-shaped Inuit shelter, constructed of blocks cut from snow.

A temporary structure for sheltering troops.

(zoology) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the sea ice.

A sturdy building offering shelter in the backcountry, as to mountaineers.

(military) A reinforced bunker for the storage of nuclear weapons.

To shelter or take shelter in a hut.

(logistics) A kind of airfreight cargo container.

A small, simple one-storey dwelling or shelter, often with just one room, and generally built of readily available local materials.

An Eskimo snow house.

A small wooden shed.

A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice.

A small stack of grain.

An Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome

To provide (someone) with shelter in a hut.

To take shelter in a hut.

To stack (sheaves of grain).

(American football) Called by the quarterback to prepare the team for a play.

A small house, hivel, or cabin; a mean lodge or dwelling; a slightly built or temporary structure.

Temporary military shelter

Small crude shelter used as a dwelling