Pub vs Restaurant - What's the difference?
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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 * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To go to one or more public houses.
(informal) to publish
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An eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables.
* {{quote-book, year=1935, author=
, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5
, passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}
As nouns the difference between pub and restaurant
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 while restaurant is an eating establishment in which diners are served food at their tables.As a verb pub
is to go to one or more public houses.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.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* gastropub * pub crawl * pub quiz * superpubVerb
(pubb)See also
* inn * off-license * tavernEtymology 2
(en) of (publication)Etymology 3
(en) of (publish)Verb
(pubb)restaurant
English
Noun
(en noun)George Goodchild
