Supper vs. Dinner
Suppernoun
Food consumed before going to bed.
Suppernoun
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
Suppernoun
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
Suppernoun
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
Supperverb
To consume a snack before retiring.
Supperverb
To eat dinner (see above).
Suppernoun
A meal taken at the close of the day; the evening meal.
Supperverb
To take supper; to sup.
Supperverb
To supply with supper.
Suppernoun
a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
Suppernoun
a social gathering where a light evening meal is served;
Supper
Supper was originally a secondary lighter evening meal. The main meal of the day, called dinner, used to be served closer to what is known as lunchtime, around the middle of the day, but crept later over the centuries, mostly over the course of the 19th century.
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.
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