Lodge vs. Hotel — What's the Difference?

An often rustic building used as a temporary abode or shelter

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a refrigerator and other kitchen facilities, upholstered chairs, a flat screen television, and en-suite bathrooms.

A small house on the grounds of an estate or a park, used by a caretaker or gatekeeper.

An establishment that provides lodging and usually meals and other services for travelers and other paying guests.

An inn.

A large town house or mansion; a grand private residence, especially in France.

Any of various Native American dwellings, such as a hogan, wigwam, or longhouse.

An establishment that provides accommodation and other services for paying guests; normally larger than a guesthouse, and often one of a chain.

The group living in such a dwelling.

(South Asia) A restaurant; any dining establishment.

A local chapter of certain fraternal organizations.

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The meeting hall of such a chapter.

The larger red property in the game of Monopoly, in contradistinction to houses. Category:en:Monopoly

The members of such a chapter.

The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.

The den of certain animals, such as the dome-shaped structure built by beavers.

(Australia) A pub

To provide with temporary quarters, especially for sleeping

A house for entertaining strangers or travelers; an inn or public house, of the better class.

To rent a room to.

In France, the mansion or town residence of a person of rank or wealth.

To place or establish in quarters

A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

To serve as a depository for; contain

To place, leave, or deposit, as for safety

To fix, force, or implant

To register (a charge or complaint, for example) before an authority, such as a court; file.

To vest (authority, for example).

To beat (crops) down flat

To live in a place temporarily.

To rent accommodations, especially for sleeping.

To be or become embedded

A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.

: a building or room near the entrance of an estate or building, especially as a college mailroom.

A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.

(US) A local chapter of a trade union.

A rural hotel or resort, an inn.

A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.

A den or cave.

The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.

(mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; called also platt.

A collection of objects lodged together.

An indigenous American home, such as tipi or wigwam. By extension, the people who live in one such home; a household.

(historic) A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons.

(intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.

(transitive) To firmly fix in a specified position.

(intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.

(intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.

(transitive) To drive (an animal) to covert.

(transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.

(transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.

(transitive) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).

(intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

(transitive) To cause to flatten, as grass or grain.

A shelter in which one may rest;

A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate.

The space at the mouth of a level next the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore to be deposited for hoisting; - called also platt.

A collection of objects lodged together.

A family of North American Indians, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge, - as a unit of enumeration, reckoned from four to six persons; as, the tribe consists of about two hundred lodges, that is, of about a thousand individuals.

To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street.

To fall or lie down, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

To come to a rest; to stop and remain; to become stuck or caught; as, the bullet lodged in the bark of a tree; a piece of meat lodged in his throat.

To give shelter or rest to; especially, to furnish a sleeping place for; to harbor; to shelter; hence, to receive; to hold.

To drive to shelter; to track to covert.

To deposit for keeping or preservation; as, the men lodged their arms in the arsenal.

To cause to stop or rest in; to implant.

To lay down; to prostrate.

To present or bring (information, a complaint) before a court or other authority; as, to lodge a complaint.

English physicist who studied electromagnetic radiation and was a pioneer of radiotelegraphy (1851-1940)

A formal association of people with similar interests;

Small house at the entrance to the grounds of a country mansion; usually occupied by a gatekeeper or gardener

A small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter

Any of various native American dwellings

A hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

Be a lodger; stay temporarily;

Fix, force, or implant;

File a formal charge against;

Provide housing for;