Brunch vs Dinner - What's the difference?
brunch | dinner |
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch.
To eat brunch.
A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
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The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
An evening meal.
A meal given to an animal.
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A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
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As nouns the difference between brunch and dinner
is that brunch is a meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch while dinner is a midday meal in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea.As a verb brunch
is to eat brunch.brunch
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* ("brunch" on Wikipedia) ----dinner
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(wikipedia dinner)Noun
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F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}