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Maxi vs Dinner - What's the difference?

maxi | dinner |

As nouns the difference between maxi and dinner

is that maxi is a coat or skirt having such a hemline while dinner is a midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

As an adjective maxi

is having a hemline at ankle length.

As an abbreviation maxi

is short for maximum.

maxi

English

(wikipedia maxi)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having a hemline at ankle length

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a coat or skirt having such a hemline

    • See also

    * (clothes) midi * (nautical) supermaxi

    Abbreviation

    (Abbreviation) (head)
  • short for maximum

    • Synonyms

    * max

    Antonyms

    * mini ----

    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

    Related terms

    * (combinatorial form) deipno- * (fear of) deipnophobia * (verb) dine

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