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Buttery vs Canteen - What's the difference?

buttery | canteen |

As nouns the difference between buttery and canteen

is that buttery is a room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom while canteen is a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work.

As an adjective buttery

is made with or tasting of butter.

buttery

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) boterie, from . The form was probably influenced by butter.

Noun

(butteries)
  • A room for keeping food or beverages; a storeroom.
  • * 1999 , (George RR Martin), A Clash of Kings , Bantam 2011, p. 458:
  • Pretty Pia from the buttery was a slut who was working her way through every knight in the castle.
  • (UK) A room in a university where snacks are sold.
  • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Made with or tasting of butter.
  • The buttery -tasting cookie was actually made with margarine, but you couldn't tell by tasting it.
  • Resembling butter in some way.
  • The old paper was a buttery color you no longer get.
    Derived terms
    * butteriness

    canteen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work
  • a temporary or mobile used in an emergency or on a film location etc
  • a box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc
  • a military mess kit
  • a water bottle used by a soldier or camper
  • Derived terms

    * canteen culture