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Carryout vs Setout - What's the difference?

carryout | setout |

As nouns the difference between carryout and setout

is that carryout is (us) food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought while setout is an outset.

carryout

English

Alternative forms

* carry-out

Noun

(wikipedia carryout) (-)
  • (US) Food that is intended to be eaten outside the establishment from which it is bought.

    • Synonyms

    * takeaway (UK, countable'') takeout (''chiefly North America )

    setout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an outset
  • (colloquial, dated) a display or spread
  • *1854 , Dickens, Hard Times , Chapter 8:
  • *:‘You don’t hate Sissy, Tom?’
  • *:‘I hate to be obliged to call her Jupe. And she hates me,’ said Tom, moodily.
  • *:‘No, she does not, Tom, I am sure!’
  • *:‘She must,’ said Tom. ‘She must just hate and detest the whole set-out of us.

    • See also

    * set out

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