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Canteen vs Tavern - What's the difference?

canteen | tavern |

As nouns the difference between canteen and tavern

is that canteen is a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work while tavern is a building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.

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

    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