Whats the difference between Gray and Grey? Whats the difference between a Motel and a Hotel?

The difference between in grey and gray is that Grey was the orignal spelling, used in England. The first use of the spelling gray appeared in 1863 and was used to describe the Southern Troops in the Civil war. Gray is now the most common spelling in America while grey still prevails in Europe.





A motel, in strictist terms, is a hotel with parking next to the doors, and each room having a door leading to the parking lot. Motels tend to be very limitted on anything but the rooms (usually a small reception area and a couple of vending machines outside and cost efficient. Also usually no one can enter the lobby at nightime as it is seperate from the rooms and locked. Motels usualy run on a small staff (one or two receptionists working and different time, a couple of house cleaners, that are also laundresses) and can sometimes seem dirty or crude.





A hotel usually has a few doors from the outside, mostly into the lobby, swimming pool area, back hallway, etc. Usually hotel's include things such as room service, resturaunts, swimming pools, arcades, or child care. Hotels tend to be pricier the motels and are more of a 'vacation' place rather then 'a place to sleep for the night'. Other differences include the large, usually fancy or impressive lobby that can be entered at all times, parking lot usually near front or back doors, not your room, with a larger staff including caterers, room service, bellboy, house keeping, receptionist- ect. And because of this are usually cleaner.Whats the difference between Gray and Grey? Whats the difference between a Motel and a Hotel?
No difference between grey and gray except spelling.


A hotel is designed with central corridors and lobbys which lead to the guest rooms, elevators, restaurants, etc.





Motels came along with the growth of the automobile and highways in our culture. It is actually short for motor hotel and is the time of low rise building (1-3 stories) where the door to each guest room faces outdoors to the parking lot (instead of a main lobby or corridor) and guest can drive their cars to just outside their room doors.Whats the difference between Gray and Grey? Whats the difference between a Motel and a Hotel?
You can drive up to your room in a motel. You cannot in a hotel
Gray is a last name, a surname. Grey is a color.





A motel has a place to park your car, in front, and usually is not for long stays.





A hotel has usually has no place to park right at hand, and it usually has a refrigerator or a place to park cars, such as a parking lot, and it's usually a larger building as well.





Good luck!
A motel is a ';motor hotel';. In other words, an inn specifically for the needs of motorists.
The difference between grey and gray is the spelling...nothing more. Both are acceptable. The difference between a hotel and motel (motor hotel) is vehicle access.





Motel rooms have doors that exit directly into the outdoors providing easy in and out access to your vehicle.





Hotel rooms have doors that exit into a hallway or corridor and do not necessarily provide on-site parking or vehicle access.
Grey/gray-personal preference.


hotels usually cost more,and have more amenities.
Gray is the american spelling if grey, and motels are hotels by motorways
Grey is a color, Gray is a bird. A hotel is typically in a down town area and is several stories tall. A motel is generally located near a highway and is usually no more than three floors high.
Gray is a name, Grey is a color. Motel is a type of hotel. It is designed to attract people on road trips.
Gray and Grey - Gray is a color, Grey used to be someones last name.





Gray noun, verb





鈥揳djective 1. of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.


2. dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies.


3. dull, dreary, or monotonous.


4. having gray hair; gray-headed.


5. pertaining to old age; mature.


6. Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households.


7. old or ancient.


8. indeterminate and intermediate in character: The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.


鈥搉oun 9. any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.


10. something of this color.


11. gray material or clothing: to dress in gray.


12. an unbleached and undyed condition.


13. (often initial capital letter) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare blue (def. 5).


14. a horse of a gray color.


15. a horse that appears white but is not an albino.


鈥搗erb (used with object), verb (used without object) 16. to make or become gray.








Grey鈥?/gre瑟/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[grey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation





鈥搉oun 1. Charles, 2nd Earl, 1764鈥?845, British statesman: prime minister 1830鈥?4.


2. Sir Edward (Viscount Fallodon), 1862鈥?933, British statesman.


3. Sir George, 1812鈥?8, British statesman and colonial administrator: prime minister of New Zealand 1877鈥?9.


4. Lady Jane (Lady Jane Dudley), 1537鈥?4, descendant of Henry VII of England; executed under orders of Mary I to eliminate her as a rival for the throne.


5. Zane /ze瑟n/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[zeyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, 1875鈥?939, U.S. novelist.








Motel is one unit in a row.....like in the movie Physco....Hotel is a multi-floored building like in the Shining.
I think gray and grey are just different spellings. It might (?) be the English vs. the American?





A hotel is a classier version. There are low grade hotels like Holiday Inn and excellent ones like the Four Seasons and the Ritz Carlton. On the other hand, a motel would be like the Motel 6, the Red Roof Inn, the Best Western. You can see the difference.
No difference between the greys.





Hotel is usually higher quality accommodations than a motel.
Grey and Gray are just two different spellings of the same word as far as I know.





A Motel was traditionally a 'Motor Hotel' - or a small hotel near the highway where travellers could stop and rest. I don't think that specificity really applies anymore though, and the two are often used interchangably. Nowadays, I think 'Motel' tends to have a more, 'low-rent, no frills' connotation.