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Cafe vs Lounge - What's the difference?

cafe | lounge |

As nouns the difference between cafe and lounge

is that cafe is a coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises while lounge is a waiting room in an office, airport etc.

As a verb lounge is

to relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.

cafe

English

(wikipedia café)

Alternative forms

* cafe * * caff (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
  • A French pub.
  • Synonyms

    * (coffee shop) caff (British slang), coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea shop * (French pub) see

    Coordinate terms

    * bar * bistro * cafeteria * restaurant

    Derived terms

    *

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    lounge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A waiting room in an office, airport etc.
  • A domestic living room.
  • * 1954 , Alexander Alderson, The Subtle Minotaur , chapter 18:
  • The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah.
  • An establishment, similar to a bar, that serves alcohol and often plays background music or shows television.
  • A large comfortable seat for two or three people or more, a sofa or couch; also called lounge chair .
  • The act of one who lounges; idle reclining.
  • * 1849 , The Knickerbocker (volume 33, page 198)
  • That is, he devoted his waking hours to lounges among the habitués of Chestnut-street, and lollings in an arm-chair of 'Squire Coke in Walnut-street.

    Synonyms

    * (living room) loungeroom (Australia ) * (pub) See also

    Verb

    (loung)
  • To relax; to spend time lazily; to stand, sit, or recline, in an indolent manner.
  • * J. Hannay
  • We lounge over the sciences, dawdle through literature, yawn over politics.

    Derived terms

    * chaise lounge * cocktail lounge * liquor lounge * lounge bag * lounge chair * lounge lizard * lounge music * lounge room

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