Passage vs. Hallway — What's the Difference?

A route or pathway for movement from one place to another.

An indoor corridor connecting different rooms in a building.

A metaphorical term for the movement through time or events.

A space within a building that provides access to rooms.

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another

Typically broader and used in residential or commercial buildings.

A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway

An area where people can move between rooms within a structure.

The process of transition from one state to another

A transitional space inside buildings, not typically used metaphorically.

A short extract from a book or other printed material

Another term for hall (sense 1 of the noun)

The propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence

A corridor in a building.

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

An entrance hall.

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage

A corridor in a building that connects rooms.

Movement from one place to another

An interior passage or corridor in a building, onto which rooms open.

The process of elapsing

An interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open;

The process of changing from one condition or stage to another; transition

Enactment into law of a legislative bill.

A journey, especially one by air or water

The right to travel as a passenger, especially on a ship

The right, permission, or power to come and go freely

A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass

A corridor.

An occurrence or event

Something, such as an exchange of words or blows, that occurs between two persons

A segment of a written work or speech

(Music) A segment of a composition, especially one that demonstrates the virtuousity of the composer or performer

A section of a painting or other piece of artwork; a detail.

(Physiology) The process of discharging something from a bodily part, such as evacuation of waste from the bowels.

(Medicine) The introduction of an instrument into a bodily cavity.

(Obsolete) Death.

A slow cadenced trot in which the horse raises and returns to the ground first one diagonal pair of feet, then the other.

To execute such a trot in dressage.

To cause (a horse) to execute such a trot in dressage.

A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

Part of a path or journey.

An incident or episode.

The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.

The advance of time.

(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.

A passageway or corridor.

(nautical) A strait or other narrow waterway.

(caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.

(euphemistic) The vagina.

The act of passing; movement across or through.

The right to pass from one place to another.

A fee paid for passing or for being conveyed between places.

Serial passage.

A gambling game for two players using three dice, in which the object is to throw a double over ten.

(dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.

(medicine) To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium.

(rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross.

To execute a passage movement.

Of a bird: Less than a year old but living on its own, having left the nest.

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.

Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Reception; currency.

A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

The act of passing from one state or place to the next

A section of text; particularly a section of medium length

A way through or along which someone or something may pass

The passing of a law by a legislative body

A journey usually by ship;

A short section of a musical composition

A path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass;

A bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another;

The motion of one object relative to another;

The act of passing something to another person

A corridor or narrow space allowing access.

A journey or voyage, especially by sea.

An excerpt or section from a written work.

No, hallway is typically used in a literal sense.

Yes, passage can refer to the movement through time or events.

Yes, hallways are always indoor corridors within buildings.

Passage refers to any route or means of access, while hallway specifically refers to an indoor corridor connecting rooms.

Yes, passages can be inside buildings, but they can also be outside, such as tunnels or pathways.

No, passages can connect various places, not just rooms.

Yes, passage is a more general term that can refer to various types of routes.

Yes, passages can be narrow and confined spaces.

Hallways are common in modern buildings but can also be found in older structures.

Yes, passage can refer to a journey, especially by sea.

Yes, hallway is commonly used to describe corridors within buildings.

Yes, hallways are typically broader than passages.

Yes, hallways are common in both residential and commercial buildings.

Yes, passage can refer to an excerpt or section from a written work.

Yes, passage can imply secret or hidden routes, like a secret passage.