occasion vs meal

meal vs occasion

occasion and meal both are nouns.

occasion is a verb but meal is not a verb.

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

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

occasion: the time of a particular event
meal: any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

occasion (noun)	meal (noun)
an event that occurs at a critical time	the food served and eaten at one time
a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people	coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
a rational motive for a belief or action	any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
an opportunity to do something
the time of a particular event

occasion (verb)	meal (verb)
give occasion to

Difference between occasion and meal

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