Buffet vs. Banquet

Buffetnoun

A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

Buffetnoun

Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.

Buffetnoun

A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

Buffetnoun

A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.

Buffetnoun

A low stool; a hassock.

Buffetverb

(transitive) To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.

Buffetverb

to aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.

Buffetverb

To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

Buffetverb

To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Buffetnoun

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard.

Buffetnoun

A counter for food or refreshments.

Buffetnoun

A restaurant containing such a counter, as at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.

Buffetnoun

A meal set out on a buffet[2], arranged so that guests may serve themselves and choose those items that they desire; as, a buffet dinner. Diners usually take a plate provided and move in a line past the items on the buffet[2], placing those items they desire on the plate, to be eaten at some convenient place.

Buffetnoun

A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff.

Buffetnoun

A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity.

Buffetnoun

A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter.

Buffetverb

To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.

Buffetverb

To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows.

Buffetverb

To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

Buffetverb

To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.

Buffetverb

To make one's way by blows or struggling.

Buffetnoun

a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

Buffetnoun

a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

Buffetnoun

usually inexpensive bar

Buffetverb

strike against forcefully;

Buffetverb

strike, beat repeatedly;

Buffet

A buffet can be either a sideboard (a flat-topped piece of furniture with cupboards and drawers, used for storing crockery, glasses, and table linen) or a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners serve themselves. A form of service à la française, buffets are offered at various places including hotels, restaurants, and many social events.

Banquetnoun

A large celebratory meal; a feast.

Banquetnoun

(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.

Banquetverb

(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.

Banquetverb

(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.

Banquetverb

(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

Banquetnoun

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.

Banquetnoun

A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats.

Banquetverb

To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.

Banquetverb

To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast.

Banquetverb

To partake of a dessert after a feast.

Banquetnoun

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

Banquetnoun

a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed;

Banquetverb

provide a feast or banquet for

Banquetverb

partake in a feast or banquet

Banquetnoun

an elaborate and formal evening meal for many people

Banquetnoun

an elaborate meal with several courses; a feast

Banquetverb

entertain with a banquet

Banquet

A banquet (; French: [bɑ̃kɛ]) is a formal large meal or feast, where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host, or reinforce social bonds among joint contributors.