boarding house vs motel

boarding house

noun
  • A private house in which paying residents are provided with accommodation and meals. 

  • A boarding school building where boarders live during term time. 

motel

noun
  • A type of hotel or lodging establishment, often located near a major highway, which typically features a series of rooms the entrances of which are immediately adjacent to a parking lot to facilitate convenient access to automobiles parked there. 

  • A low-cost short-stay hotel, often with hourly rates rather than daily rates, and notorious for permitting illicit sexual activities; love hotel. 

verb
  • To stay in a motel or motels. 

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