Hospital vs. Infirmary: What's the Difference?

A facility that provides emergency, inpatient, and usually outpatient medical care for sick or injured people.

A place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured, especially a small hospital or dispensary in an institution.

A facility that provides veterinary care for sick or injured animals.

A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.

Chiefly British A charitable institution, such as an orphanage or a home for the elderly.

A clinic or dispensary within another institution.

A repair shop for specified items

A hospital, or place where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed gratuitously, or where out-patients are treated.

(Archaic) A hospice for travelers or pilgrims.

A health facility where patients receive treatment

A large medical facility, usually in a building with multiple floors, where seriously ill or injured patients are given extensive medical and/or surgical treatment.

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.

(obsolete) Hospitable.

A place for shelter or entertainment; an inn.

A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for.

Hospitable.

A health facility where patients receive treatment

A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care