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Cafeteria vs Cafetorium - What's the difference?

cafeteria | cafetorium |

As nouns the difference between cafeteria and cafetorium

is that cafeteria is a restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat while cafetorium is a large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.

cafeteria

English

Noun

(wikipedia cafeteria) (en noun)
  • A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat
  • A dining area in an institution where meals may be purchased (as above) or brought in from elsewhere

    • Related terms

    * caf * , cafe

    Synonyms

    * lunchroom * (dining area in an institution) canteen

    cafetorium

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
  • * 1967 , edition, ISBN 9780688108069, pages 86–87:
    • Then Mitchell reminded his mother that they both needed money to pay for their lunches, which meant a search for the exact change to pay for two lunches so they would not slow up the line in the cafetorium .

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