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Lunch vs Brunch - What's the difference?

lunch | brunch |

As nouns the difference between lunch and brunch

is that lunch is a light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day while brunch is a meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch.

As verbs the difference between lunch and brunch

is that lunch is to eat lunch while brunch is to eat brunch.

lunch

English

Noun

(es)
  • A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
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  • (cricket) A break in play between the first]] and [[second session, second sessions.
  • (Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
  • Synonyms

    * (midday meal) luncheon

    Derived terms

    * liquid lunch * little lunch * lunch break * playlunch

    Descendants

    * Spanish:

    Verb

  • To eat lunch.
  • ''I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.

    Derived terms

    * luncher * lunchroom * ladies who lunch

    See also

    * breakfast * dine, dinner * supper ----

    brunch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch.
  • Verb

  • To eat brunch.
  • See also

    * ("brunch" on Wikipedia) ----