Dinner vs Homework - What's the difference?
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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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Work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.
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As nouns the difference between dinner and homework
is that dinner is a midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea) while homework is work that is done at home, especially school exercises set by a teacher.dinner
English
(wikipedia dinner)Noun
citation, passage=When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
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.}}
Usage notes
* There are differences in usage according to the social class of the speaker. Working-class and lower-middle-class speakers in Britain, for example, are more likely to refer to the midday meal as "dinner" and the evening meal as "tea" rather than "supper". Some speakers use common collocations of dinner'' such as ''school dinner'', ''Sunday dinner'' and ''Christmas dinner'' to describe meals that they wouldn't otherwise call a ''dinner .Synonyms
* (an evening meal) supper * (meal given to an animal) chow * (midday meal) lunch, luncheon * (formal meal for many people eaten at a special occasion) banquet, luncheonDerived terms
* after-dinner speech * after-dinner * basket dinner * Christmas dinner * dinner dance * dinner fork * dinner guest * dinner jacket * dinner knife * dinner lady * dinner party * dinner plate * dinner ring * dinner roll * dinner service * dinner table * dinner time * dinnerware * done up like a dog's dinner * potluck dinner * school dinner * Sunday dinner * TV dinnerStatistics
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(wikipedia homework)Noun
(-)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.