Welcoming vs. Hospitality — What's the Difference?

Received with pleasure and hospitality into one's company or home

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.

Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable or gratifying

Cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.

Cordially or willingly permitted or invited

An instance of cordial and generous treatment of guests.

Used in the expression you're welcome to acknowledge an expression of gratitude.

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

A cordial greeting or hospitable reception given to an arriving person.

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

A reception upon arrival

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

The state of being welcome

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

To greet, receive, or entertain (another or others) cordially or hospitably.

Kindness in welcoming guests or strangers

To receive or accept gladly

Used to greet cordially a visitor or recent arrival.

Hospitable, accessible and cordial.

Present participle of welcome

An act of giving welcome.

Very cordial;