meal vs supper

meal and supper both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meal	Yes	No	No	No
supper	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, supper is a hyponym of meal; that is, supper is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than meal:

meal: the food served and eaten at one time
supper: a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime

Other hyponyms of meal include mess, square meal, potluck, refection, breakfast, brunch, dejeuner, lunch, luncheon, tiffin, afternoon tea, tea, teatime, dinner, buffet, picnic, bite, collation, snack, nosh-up, ploughman's lunch, banquet, feast, spread.

meal (noun)	supper (noun)
the food served and eaten at one time	a light evening meal; served in early evening if dinner is at midday or served late in the evening at bedtime
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse	a social gathering where a light evening meal is served
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

Difference between meal and supper

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