Waiter vs Wine - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between waiter and wine

is that waiter is a male or sometimes female attendant who or similar while wine is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes or wine can be (nonstandard|british) wind.

As a verb wine is

to entertain with wine.

waiter

English

Noun

(en noun)

A male or sometimes female attendant who or similar.

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(literally) Someone who waits for somebody or something; a person who is waiting.

(obsolete) A vessel or tray on which something is carried, as dishes, etc.; a salver.

Derived terms

* landwaiter * tide waiter

References

wine

English

(wikipedia wine)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Michiel de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the Other Italic Languages'', s.v. “v?num” (Leiden: Brill, 2008), 680.J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, ''Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. “wine” (London: Fritzroy Dearborn, 1997), 644.

Noun

An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of grapes.

Wine is stronger than beer.

She ordered some wine for the meal.

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An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting juice of fruits or vegetables other than grapes, usually preceded by the type of the fruit or vegetable; for example, "dandelion wine".

(countable) A serving of wine.

I'd like three beers and two wines , please.

(uncountable) A dark purplish red colour; the colour of red wine.

Hyponyms

* See also

Derived terms

* Adam's wine * barley wine * blush wine * bottle of wine * bread and wine * dessert wine * fortified wine * ginger wine * good wine needs no bush * house wine * ice wine * jug wine * May wine * palm wine * palm wine guitar * pop wine * port-wine stain * put new wine in old bottles * red wine * * sparkling wine * spirits of wine * straw wine * table wine * white wine * wine and dine * wine bar * wine bottle * wine cellar * wine cooler * wine gallon * wine glass * wine grower * wine growing * wine list * wine palm * wine vinegar * wine waiter * * winebery * winebibber * winebibbing * winebottle * wine-coloured * wineery * wineglass * winegrower * wine-press * wineskin * winetaster * winetasting * winy * yellow wine

Verb

(win)

To entertain with wine.

* 1919 , Lee Meriwether, The War Diary of a Diplomat , Dodd, Mead and Company, page 159:

Neither Major Wadhams nor I is accustomed to being wined and dined by perfect strangers who do not even present themselves, but leave servants to do the honors, consequently to both of us our present situation smacks of romance and adventure;

To drink wine.

* 1839 , Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker

I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined , and went to bed sobbing.

References

* * amethyst * beeswing * bourguignonne * brandy * butler * cantina * claret * coq au vin * eiswein * enology, oenology * enophile, oenophile * envined * gluhwein * kabinett * mosbolletjie * negus * oenomel * surahi * vinaceous * vinager * vinal * Vinalia * vina medicata * vinarious * vinasse * vin de pays * vindaloo * vine * vinegar * vineity * vinho verde * vini- * vinic * viniculture * vinifera, vinifera grape * viniferous * vinification * vinificator * vinify * vinipote * vinitor * vinitorian * vino * vino- * vinolence, vinolency * vinolent * vinologist * vinology * vinomadefied * vinometer * vin ordinaire * vinose * vinosity * vinotherapy * vinous * * vin rouge * vinsanto * vintage * vintner * vintry * vinum * vinum opii * vinyl * See also Related terms for vine * amontillado * Asti spumante * auslese * Bacchus * Barolo * Barsac * Beaujolais * Beaumes-de-Venise * Beerenauslese * bin end * Bordeaux * burgundy * cabernet sauvignon * canary * Catawba * cava * Chablis * champagne * chaptalize * chardonnay * Chianti * corkage * * cru * * demijohn * Dionysus * double magnum * Frascati * gamay * * glogg * Graves * hippocras * jeroboam * kir * krater * Lambrusco * LBV * lees * Liebfraumilch * malmsey * Marsala * merlot * Methuselah * Meursault * mirin * Moselle * Muscadet * muscatel * Orvieto * Pinot Grigio * Pinot Noir * pinotage * rehoboam * retsina * riesling * Rioja * sangaree * sangria * sauterne * Sauvignon blanc * scuppernong * * sherry * Soave * sommelier * * spritzer * * syrah * Tavel * Tokay * trockenbeerenauslese * tun * Valpolicella * vermouth * vigneron * Vouvray * zinfandel

Etymology 2

Noun

(-)

(nonstandard, British) wind

* 1850 , James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century :

Vor voices rawze upon tha wine

* 1869 , James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire :

Aw how sholl I tell o’m—vor âll pirty maidens

*:: When I pass’d ’em look’d back—ther smill rawze on tha wine .

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