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Dessert vs Snack - What's the difference?

dessert | snack |

As nouns the difference between dessert and snack

is that dessert is a sweet confection served as the last course of a meal while snack is a light meal.

As a verb snack is

to eat a light meal.

dessert

English

(wikipedia dessert)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

    • Synonyms

    * (sweet final course of a meal) afters (UK informal ), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

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    snack

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A light meal.
  • An item of food eaten between meals.
    • Derived terms
    * snack bar * snack food * snacker * snackette * snackery * snackless * snacky
    See also
    * munchies

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to eat a light meal
  • to eat between meals
    • Derived terms
    * snack down

    Etymology 2

    See snatch (transitive verb).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • At last he whispers, "Do, and we go snacks ."
    (Webster 1913)

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