Dinner vs. Diner

Dinnernoun

A midday meal in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea.

Dinnernoun

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

Dinnernoun

An evening meal.

Dinnernoun

A meal given to an animal.

Dinnernoun

A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

Dinnernoun

(uncountable) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.

Dinnerverb

(intransitive) To eat a dinner.

Dinnerverb

(transitive) To provide (someone) with a dinner.

Dinnernoun

The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour.

Dinnernoun

An entertainment; a feast.

Dinnernoun

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday;

Dinnernoun

a party of people assembled to have dinner together;

Dinner

Dinner usually refers to what is in many Western cultures the largest and most formal meal of the day, which some Westerners eat in the evening. Historically, the largest meal used to be eaten around midday, and called dinner.

Dinernoun

One who dines.

Dinernoun

A dining car in a railroad train.

Dinernoun

A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.

Dinernoun

One who dines.

Dinernoun

a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

Dinernoun

a passenger car where food is served in transit

Dinernoun

a restaurant that resembles a dining car

Diner

A diner is a small restaurant found predominantly in the Northeastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern United States, as well as in other parts of the US, Canada, Serbia and parts of Western Europe. Diners offer a wide range of foods, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a combination of booths served by a waitstaff and a long sit-down counter with direct service, in the smallest simply by a cook.