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Cafe vs Tavern - What's the difference?

cafe | tavern |

As nouns the difference between cafe and tavern

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 tavern is a building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.

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

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    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

    * See also