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Originate vs Lunch - What's the difference?

originate | lunch |

As a verb originate

is to cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.

As a noun lunch is

an english-style midday meal, generally smaller than the german-style mittagessen.

originate

English

Verb

(originat)
  • To cause to be, to bring into existence; to produce, initiate.
  • *1998 , James Hebert, "Banderas puts his mark on 'Zorro'", San Diego Union-Tribune , 12 Jul 1998:
  • *:For the first time since Douglas Fairbanks Sr. originated the role in the 1920 silent "The Mark of Zorro," the hero will be played by a Hispanic actor.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, page 171:
  • *:The financial backers who originated the Encyclopédie project in 1745 had no idea about what they were getting into.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
  • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= citation , passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
  • To come into existence; to have origin or beginning; to , be derived ((from), (with)).
  • The scheme originated with the governor and council.

    Synonyms

    * initiate * begin

    Antonyms

    * terminate * end * destinate (computing)

    lunch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We made an odd party before the arrival of the Ten, particularly when the Celebrity dropped in for lunch or dinner.}}
  • (cricket) A break in play between the first]] and [[second session, second sessions.
  • (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
  • Synonyms

    * (midday meal) luncheon

    Derived terms

    * liquid lunch * little lunch * lunch break * playlunch

    Descendants

    * Spanish:

    Verb

  • To eat lunch.
  • ''I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

    Derived terms

    * luncher * lunchroom * ladies who lunch

    See also

    * breakfast * dine, dinner * supper ----