What is the diffrence in a hotel and a motel?

I've just always wondered... I mean, people say both so, are they just the same but, diffrent words... and is an inn the same or different?What is the diffrence in a hotel and a motel?
A motel is old and ugly haha.. basically the kind of places where you enter your room from outside





A hotel is usually nice and elegant. You enter your room from the inside.





And and Inn is a mix of the both, it can be either or.





Hope this helps! :)What is the diffrence in a hotel and a motel?
hotel is higher class and usually more expensive than motel, hotels are usually located in urban areas, while a motel can be along a highway and are smaller and most people just park in front of their rooms and go in.
a Hotel is closed in rooms in a building in which there is no axcess to the rooms from the outside. whereas a Motel has the rooms on the outside of the building.