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Barroom vs Tavern - What's the difference?

barroom | tavern |

As nouns the difference between barroom and tavern

is that barroom is a room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter while tavern is a building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.

barroom

English

Alternative forms

* bar room US

Noun

(en noun)
  • A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.

    • Usage notes

    In the US, the terms barroom'' and ''bar room'' are uncommon, eschewed in favor of ''bar .

    tavern

    English

    (wikipedia tavern)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

    • Derived terms

    * tavernous

    Synonyms

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