Hospital vs Infirmary – What’s the difference?

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Hospital vs Infirmary - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between hospital and infirmary is that hospital is a building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients while infirmary is a place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

As an adjective hospital is (obsolete) hospitable.

hospital

English

(wikipedia hospital )

Noun

(en noun )

  • A building designed to diagnose and treat the sick, injured or dying. Usually has a staff of doctors and nurses to aid in the treatment of patients.
  • A building founded for the long term care of its residents, such as an almshouse. The residents may have no physical ailments, but simply need financial support.
  • (obsolete) A place of lodging.
  • * , II.ix:
    • they spide a goodly castle, plast / Foreby a riuer in a pleasaunt dale, / Which choosing for that euenings hospitale , / They thither marcht […].
  • The place and state of being hospitalized.
    • Luckily an ambulance arrived quickly and he was rushed to hospital .

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * cottage hospital

    Related terms

    * hospitable
    * hospitality
    * hospitaller

    Adjective

    (en adjective )

  • (obsolete) hospitable
    • (Howell)

    1000 English basic words
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    infirmary

    English

    Noun

    (infirmaries)

  • A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
  • A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

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