
"Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?
Apr 24, 2011 · Lunch is almost the midday equivalent of supper — it's also a lighter and less formal meal than Dinner, but is used specifically when referring to a midday meal. So whether …
Can supper and dinner be used interchangeably? [duplicate]
“Lunch” vs. “dinner” vs. “supper” — times and meanings? Wikipedia states that the words supper and dinner can be used interchangeably. But I am not thoroughly convinced as, well, they are …
When is afternoon? When is evening? When is night? Is there …
Apr 26, 2020 · Those who eat their dinner earlier, say at 6-8pm might eat a light supper later on. Colloquially, some in the UK refer to their mid-day meal as "dinner" and the evening meal as …
Confused by the British having “dinner” in the afternoon” and …
Sep 3, 2013 · The discussion at "Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings? already adequately covers that subject. Tea on the other hand can mean several difference things: It …
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English ...
Also, the word supper is a bit of a regionalism (to me it's most familiar as a word used in parts of the Midwestern United States, although I think it's used in other parts of the US and other …
Is there a version of brunch for a meal between dinner and lunch?
There is no single mixed word along the lines of brunch for this. Sometimes people joke by coining a mixture of lunch and dinner/supper, giving lupper, dunch, etc. (As Kosmonaut …
Evening and night in English - English Language & Usage Stack …
Apr 11, 2019 · How exactly are the words 'evening' and 'night' used in English? Are there certain times when evening, and when night, are considered to begin? Do these periods overlap?
What is the single-word category name for such things as …
Apr 21, 2016 · If Sunday, Monday, Tuesday are considered “days”, and spring, summer, autumn/fall, winter are considered “seasons”, then what category name corresponds to things …
orthography - "Linder" or "linnder" for lunch/dinner - English …
We have plans for a late lunch / early dinner planned for 4:00 pm in mid December. I would like to indicate that it's more than lunch and less than dinner. I have heard it called linder or linnder.
"have dinner" vs. "have a dinner" - English Language & Usage …
Jun 8, 2017 · Both of them are correct. But yes, they do mean different. I feel that 'have a dinner' refers to event and 'have dinner' refers to actual supper someone (maybe speaker) going to …