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As nouns the difference between dinner and youtube

is that dinner is a midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea) while youtube is (youtube).

dinner

English

(wikipedia dinner)

Noun

  • A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
  • *
  • *:At twilight in the summeron the floor.
  • The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
  • An evening meal.
  • A meal given to an animal.
  • :
  • A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1897, author=
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 citation , passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
  • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
  • (lb) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.
  • Usage notes

    * There are differences in usage according to the social class of the speaker. Working-class and lower-middle-class speakers in Britain, for example, are more likely to refer to the midday meal as "dinner" and the evening meal as "tea" rather than "supper". Some speakers use common collocations of dinner'' such as ''school dinner'', ''Sunday dinner'' and ''Christmas dinner'' to describe meals that they wouldn't otherwise call a ''dinner .

    Synonyms

    * (an evening meal) supper * (meal given to an animal) chow * (midday meal) lunch, luncheon * (formal meal for many people eaten at a special occasion) banquet, luncheon

    Derived terms

    * after-dinner speech * after-dinner * basket dinner * Christmas dinner * dinner dance * dinner fork * dinner guest * dinner jacket * dinner knife * dinner lady * dinner party * dinner plate * dinner ring * dinner roll * dinner service * dinner table * dinner time * dinnerware * done up like a dog's dinner * potluck dinner * school dinner * Sunday dinner * TV dinner

    Statistics

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    youtube

    Alternative forms

    * youtube

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (neologism) Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly itself.
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, title=Academic librarianship by design, author=Steven J. Bell, John D. Shank
  • , passage=None of this is to suggest that academic libraries should turn their websites into a YouTube or Facebook in which our user communities would create all the content,
  • * {{quote-book, 2008, title=Web 2.0 Heroes, author=Bradley L. Jones
  • , passage=There is all kinds of stuff that people post there- some of it is entertaining, some is actually useful as a template for studying or for business...it is sort of like a YouTube for documents.}}
  • (neologism) A small video that can be viewed online, particularly one hosted on .
  • * {{quote-book, 2007, IPhone Fully Loaded, author=Andy Ihnatko
  • , passage=Then it's a YouTube of some kid trying to play "Radar Love" on a cheap guitar using only his feet,
  • * {{quote-journal, 2009, title=Bring me the Horizon, journal=Revolver, date=March, author=Valerie McQueen
  • , passage=Not too long ago, there was a YouTube of you two brawling. How did the musical collaboration happen?}}

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A video-sharing website.
  • Derived terms

    * Youtuber * YouTubular

    Verb

    (YouTub)
  • (neologism) To upload a video of something to .
  • * 2007 , "Why YouTube gets my vote for political punditry", Guardian Unlimited , Feb 5, 2007
  • The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed .

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "YouTube") ----