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Breakfast vs Homework - What's the difference?

breakfast | homework |

As nouns the difference between breakfast and homework

is that breakfast is the first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning while homework is work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.

As a verb breakfast

is to eat the morning meal.

breakfast

English

(wikipedia breakfast) , bacon, fried mushrooms and tomatoes, scrambled eggs and toast at a restaurant in (Singapore). These foods are eaten for breakfast in many countries.

Noun

(en noun)
  • The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
  • You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
  • * 1591 , Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2 , act 1:
  • a sorry breakfast for my lord protector
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=
  • , title=The Cuckoo in the Nest , chapter=1 citation , passage=Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.}}
  • (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
  • We serve breakfast all day.
  • A meal after fasting, or food in general.
  • * Dryden
  • The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.

    Derived terms

    * breakfast of champions * champagne breakfast * continental breakfast * deskfast * English breakfast * wedding breakfast

    See also

    * brunch * jentacular

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To eat the morning meal.
  • * He breakfasted on pizza and Coke.
  • * Prior
  • First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast .
  • To serve breakfast to.
  • *
  • Synonyms

    * break one's fast

    homework

    Noun

    (-)
  • Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author=(Peter Wilby)
  • , volume=189, issue=6, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Finland spreads word on schools , passage=Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16.
  • Preliminary or preparatory work, such as research.
  • Usage notes

    The term is generally used to refer to primary or secondary school assignments as opposed to college-level coursework.

    See also

    * busy work * schoolwork