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Cafe vs Deli - What's the difference?

cafe | deli |

As nouns the difference between cafe and deli

is that cafe is a coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises while deli is a shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.

cafe

English

(wikipedia café)

Alternative forms

* cafe * * caff (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the premises.
  • A French pub.

    • Synonyms

    * (coffee shop) caff (British slang), coffeehouse, coffee shop, tea shop * (French pub) see

    Coordinate terms

    * bar * bistro * cafeteria * restaurant

    Derived terms

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    deli

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author= Nick Miroff
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects … , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}
  • (label) Food sold at a delicatessen.

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