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Canteen vs Hawker - What's the difference?

canteen | hawker |

As nouns the difference between canteen and hawker

is that canteen is a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work while hawker is a peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods.

As a proper noun Hawker is

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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

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    hawker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Probably from Medieval Low German hoker

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A peddler, huckster, who travels about to sell easily transportable goods.
  • Any dragonfly of the Aeshnidae family.
    • Derived terms
    * hawk * hawker center, hawker centre * hawkering * hawker stand

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    Etymology 2

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.

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