Pub vs Parlor - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between pub and parlor

is that pub is a public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing or pub can be a publication while parlor is .

As a verb pub

is to go to one or more public houses or pub can be (informal|transitive) to publish.

pub

English

Etymology 1

Short form of public, from public house

Noun

(wikipedia pub) (en noun)

A public house where beverages, primarily alcoholic, may be bought and consumed and also provides food and sometimes entertainment, normally television viewing.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=Reg liked a chat about old times and we used to go and have a chinwag in the pub .}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= 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.}}

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* gastropub * pub crawl * pub quiz * superpub

Verb

(pubb)

To go to one or more public houses.

Etymology 2

(en) of (publication)

Noun

(en noun)

A publication.

registered pubs

Etymology 3

(en) of (publish)

Verb

(pubb)

(informal) to publish

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parlor

English

Alternative forms

* parlour (British)

Noun

(en noun)

The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking.

*, chapter=12

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor . 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all.}}

(label) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.

A room for lounging; a sitting-room; a drawing room.

(label) A comfortable room in a public house.

A covered open-air patio.

A shop or other business selling goods specified by context.

A shed used for milking cattle.

Derived terms

* beauty parlor * beer parlor * betting parlor * funeral parlor * ice cream parlor * massage parlor * parlormaid * parlor game * parlor trick * pigs in the parlour

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