student lodging vs youth hostel

student lodging and youth hostel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
student lodging	Yes	No	No	No
youth hostel	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, student lodging and youth hostel are synonyms defined as:

student lodging and youth hostel: inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)

Other synonyms of student lodging include hostel.

student lodging (noun)	youth hostel (noun)
inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)	inexpensive supervised lodging (especially for youths on bicycling trips)