As nouns the difference between boardroom and banquet
is that
boardroom is the room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings while
banquet is a large celebratory meal; a feast.
As a verb banquet is
to participate in a banquet; to feast.
boardroom English
Alternative forms
* board-room, board room
Noun
( en noun)
the room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings
* 1830 : Charles Babbage, Decline of Science in England
- a President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship.
(figuratively) corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society
- Though the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom .
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banquet English
Noun
( en noun)
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
* Massinger
- We'll dine in the great room, but let the music / And banquet be prepared here.
Verb
To participate in a banquet; to feast.
* Milton
- Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets , I would not taste thy treasonous offer.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
* Cavendish
- Where they did both sup and banquet .
To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
* Coleridge
- Just in time to banquet / The illustrious company assembled there.
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