Master confusing words with ease
Hostel vs. Hostile
Hostel
/ˈhɒstl/Examples:
We decided to stay at a youth hostel during our trip.Backpackers find hostels affordable and convenient.She met travelers from around the world at the hostel bar.
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Hostile
/ˈhɒstaɪl/Examples:
They are distinctly hostile views.The time passed, and the two hostile gangs became very quiet.Buck was learning to live in the hostile Northland.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Remember that hostel is a place for travelers and usually has accommodations, like a hostel with travelers. Think of hostile as being like an enemy, like a hostile takeover.
- Hostel has an additional e which you can think of as standing for everyone welcome, since it's a community place.
- Hostile ends with ile, similar to ile in ilegal, both of which imply negative or unfriendly conditions.
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