Parlor vs. Salon

Parlornoun

The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking.

Parlornoun

(archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.

Parlornoun

A room for lounging; a sitting-room; a drawing room.

Parlornoun

(archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.

Parlornoun

A covered open-air patio.

Parlornoun

A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.

Parlornoun

A shed used for milking cattle.

Parlornoun

A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.

Parlornoun

A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

Parlornoun

reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

Parlornoun

a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

Salonnoun

A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

Salonnoun

A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

Salonnoun

(arts) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.

Salonnoun

A beauty salon or similar establishment.

Salonnoun

An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

Salonnoun

An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; - sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).

Salonnoun

gallery where works of art can be displayed

Salonnoun

a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

Salonnoun

elegant sitting room where guests are received

Salonnoun

an establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts trade

Salonnoun

a reception room in a large house.

Salonnoun

a regular social gathering, especially of writers and artists, at the house of a woman prominent in high society.

Salonnoun

a meeting of intellectuals or other eminent people at the invitation of a celebrity or socialite

Salonnoun

an annual exhibition of the work of living artists held by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris from 1648, originally in the Salon d'Apollon in the Louvre.