different between hospitality vs hostility

English

Etymology

From Middle English hospitalite, from Old French hospitalité (modern French hospitalité), from Latin hospit?lit?s (“hospitality”), from hospit?lis (“hospitable”), from hospes (“guest", "host”). Displaced native Old English cuml?þnes (literally “guest gentleness”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h?s.p??tæl.?.ti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h?s.p??tæl.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

hospitality (countable and uncountable, plural hospitalities)

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

   Synonym: guestfriendship
2. (business) The business of providing catering, lodging and entertainment service; the industry which includes the operation of hotels, restaurants, and similar enterprises.

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

Derived terms

• corporate hospitality
• Southern hospitality

Related terms

• host
• hospital
• hospitable

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Further reading

• hospitality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• hospitality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• hospitality in MacMillan Dictionary (Macmillan Education Limited 2009–2020)

English

Etymology

From Middle English hostilitie, hostilite, from Old French hostilité, from Latin host?lit?s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /h??st?l?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??st?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

hostility (countable and uncountable, plural hostilities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being hostile.
   • 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):

     The polarization of wealth and the polarization of attitudes to diversity are not unrelated. A key reason for popular hostility to immigrants is that to many people, particularly within working-class communities, immigration has become a symbol of unacceptable change.

2. (countable) A hostile action, especially a military action. See hostilities for specific plural definition.

Synonyms

• (state of being hostile): antagonism, opposition, enmity, animosity, antipathy, hatred, unfriendliness
• (military action): war, fighting, combat

Antonyms

• (state of being hostile): amity, friendliness
• (military action): peace

Related terms

• hostile

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