Supper vs Feast - What's the difference?
supper | feast |
Food consumed before going to bed.
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
A very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.
Something delightful
A festival; a holiday; a solemn, or more commonly, a joyous, anniversary.
* Bible, Exodus xiii. 6
* Bible, Luke ii. 41
To partake in a , or large meal.
To dwell upon (something) with delight.
* Shakespeare
To hold a in honor of (someone).
To serve as a feast for; to feed sumptuously.
* Bishop Joseph Hall
As nouns the difference between supper and feast
is that supper is food consumed before going to bed while feast is a very large meal, often of a ceremonial nature.As verbs the difference between supper and feast
is that supper is to consume a snack before retiring while feast is to partake in a feast, or large meal.supper
English
(wikipedia supper)Noun
(en noun)- a fish supper'''; a pizza '''supper
Derived terms
* kitchen supper * Last Supper * Lord's SupperSee also
* MealsAnagrams
* ----feast
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) feest, feste, fest, from (etyl) feste, from (etyl) festa, plural of .Noun
(en noun)- We had a feast to celebrate the harvest.
- It was a feast for the eyes.
- The seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
- Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover.
Synonyms
* banquetDerived terms
* (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) feesten, festen, from (etyl) fester, from , from the noun. See above.Verb
(en verb)- I feasted on turkey and dumplings.
- With my love's picture then my eye doth feast .
- We feasted them after the victory.
- Or once a week, perhaps, for novelty / Reez'd bacon-soords shall feast his family.