Difference between Hall and Hallway

What is the difference between Hall and Hallway?

Hall as a noun is a corridor; a hallway. while Hallway as a noun is a corridor in a building that connects rooms.

Hall

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A corridor; a hallway. A meeting room. A manor house. A building providing student accommodation at a university. The principal room of a secular medieval building.

Example sentence: You would think, because I stayed to myself and I was shy, that I'd be a good student, but actually, I was a bad student. I was in detention a lot, mainly for cutting, being late to class. I was in tardy hall a lot. I hate the idea of homework. I don't get it.

Hallway

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A corridor in a building that connects rooms.

Example sentence: The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live.

We hope you now know whether to use Hall or Hallway in your sentence.

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