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Eating vs Dining - What's the difference?

eating | dining |

Dining is a synonym of eating.



As verbs the difference between eating and dining

is that eating is present participle of lang=en while dining is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between eating and dining

is that eating is the act of ingesting food while dining is eating dinner as a social function.

As an adjective eating

is suitable to be eaten without being cooked.

eating

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Suitable to be eaten without being cooked.
    • Wait! That's not an eating apple.

    Noun

    (wikipedia eating)
  • The act of ingesting food.
  • Food; cooking, cuisine.
    • I remember when we visited Aunt Martha's house, we had some really good eating !
  • The act of corroding or consuming some substance.

    • Synonyms

    * (ingesting food) dining, consuming, consumption

    Anagrams

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    dining

    English

    Noun

  • Eating dinner as a social function.
  • * 1869 , The XIX Century (volume 1, page 6)
    • For my own part I preferred to remain with the ship, and I am now glad that I did so, for the welcome we received at Havana; the cheering crowds upon the quay; the friends we met and made; the dinings in and dinings out
  • Entertaining someone to dinner.

    • Related terms

    * dining car * dining room * dining table

    Verb

    (head)

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