What is the difference between inn and pub?
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Any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink.
* Washington Irving
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn , after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
A tavern.
One of the colleges (societies or buildings) in London, for students of the law barristers.
(UK, dated) The town residence of a nobleman or distinguished person.
(obsolete) A place of shelter; hence, dwelling; habitation; residence; abode.
* Spenser
(obsolete) To house; to lodge.
(obsolete) To take lodging; to lodge.
A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.
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, title= To go to one or more public houses.
(informal) to publish
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As nouns the difference between inn and pub
is that inn is any establishment where travellers can procure lodging, food, and drink while pub is a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.As verbs the difference between inn and pub
is that inn is to house; to lodge while pub is to go to one or more public houses.As an initialism INN
is international Nonproprietary Name - the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance, as designated by the World Health Organization (WHO).inn
English
Noun
(wikipedia inn) (en noun)- the miserable fare and miserable lodgment of a provincial inn
- the Inns''' of Court; the '''Inns''' of Chancery; Serjeants' '''Inns
- Leicester Inn
- (Chaucer)
- Therefore with me ye may take up your inn / For this same night.
Synonyms
* See alsoSee also
* bed and breakfast * guesthouse * hostel * hotel * motelVerb
(en verb)- (Chaucer)
- (Addison)
Anagrams
* English terms with homophones ----pub
English
Etymology 1
Short form of public, from public houseNoun
(wikipedia pub) (en noun)citation, passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}