Canteen vs Tavern - What's the difference?
canteen | tavern |
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
A building containing a bar licensed to sell alcoholic drinks; an inn.
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*: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.