Difference between Lodge and Accommodate

What is the difference between Lodge and Accommodate?

Lodge as a verb is to be firmly fixed in a specified position. while Accommodate as a verb is to render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.

Lodge

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A building used for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin. Porter's or caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons. A rural hotel or resort, an inn. A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be firmly fixed in a specified position. To pay rent to a landlord or landlady who lives in the same house . To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time. To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety. To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.). To flatten to the ground.

Example sentence: I spent nine days shooting the film 'Camera Trap' in Nepal in 2014. The journey consisted of four flights, including a terrifying one through the Himalayas in an 18-seater plane which landed on an icy runway, then a 4x4 ride to a lodge at the foot of a 400-year-old mountain village. The villagers were the kindest people I've ever met.

Accommodate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. - John Tillotson

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate differences, a dispute, etc.To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient; to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a loan or with lodgings.To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to accommodate prophecy to events.(intransitive) (rare) To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. - Boyle

Example sentence: My biggest complaint with tights is that they do not accommodate skinny-ankled people like myself.

We hope you now know whether to use Lodge or Accommodate in your sentence.

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