repast vs meal

repast and meal both are nouns.

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

As nouns, repast and meal are synonyms defined as:

repast (noun)	meal (noun)
the food served and eaten at one time	the food served and eaten at one time
	coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
	any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times