What is the difference between supper and dinner?
supper | dinner |
Food consumed before going to bed.
Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon.
A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips.
A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups).
A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).
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The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
An evening meal.
A meal given to an animal.
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A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.
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Dinner is a synonym of supper.
As nouns the difference between supper and dinner
is that supper is food consumed before going to bed while dinner is a midday meal in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea.As a verb supper
is to consume a snack before retiring.supper
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(wikipedia supper)Noun
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Derived terms
* kitchen supper * Last Supper * Lord's SupperSee also
* MealsAnagrams
* ----dinner
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(wikipedia dinner)Noun
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F. E. Penny
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.}}