What's the difference between supper and dinner?

Question

What's the difference between supper and dinner?

Answer 1

I've been told that "Supper" is a tea break that you have with a light meal or snack which is before dinner.. you first have Supper, then finally Dinner.

Answer 2

Supper is the name for the evening meal in some dialects of English - ordinarily the last meal of the day, usually the meal that comes after dinner. A similar meal referred to in parts of the UK is 'Hubsies'[citation needed] which is also eaten late in the evening; unlike supper, however, it is usually eaten after midnight, when the eater would usually be in bed. People working overnight would refer to the main meal of their shift as their Hubsies. Another example would be if someone were to consume food during the night, after being out for the evening for example.

The term is derived from the French souper, which is still used for this meal in Canadian French and sometimes in Belgian French. It is related to soup. It is also related to the German word for soup, Suppe.

Dinner is the main meal of the day, eaten at noon or in the evening. The meal normally consists of a combination of cooked, or sometimes uncooked, proteins (meat, fish or legumes), with vegetables, and/or starch products like rice, noodles, or potatoes.

The word "dinner" comes from the French word dîner, the "chief repast of the day", ultimately from the Latin disiunare, which means to break fast (as in the English word "breakfast"). A dinner can also be a more sophisticated meal, such as a banquet.

Hope you are clear pal.

Answer 3

depending on where you live dinner is lunch mid day,supper is in the evening

Answer 4

supper is a light pre dinner eg soup

Answer 5

There really IS no difference.  It's the same meal.

It depends where you live, and to some extent, what generation you're from.  

"Supper" is more often used by folks who are older, or who live in certain ... umm ... more "backwards" areas.

"Dinner" is usually preferred by people who are younger, more urbane, more upscale.  In nice restaurants, it's always called "Dinner".

However, there are still "Supper Clubs" ... hmm.  OK, those are mostly frequented by older folks, too.

Whatever you call it, it's the third meal of the day.  My parents always called it "supper", but that seems really old-fashioned to me now.  I call it "dinner" and so do my kids ... I don't think my kids have ever heard it called "supper"!

Answer 6

it dosen't matter as long as you eat

Answer 7

well back in the old days..it was breakfast, dinner, and supper but later on it changed to breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

who knows why really

Answer 8

supper is lunch diner is after in dif states anyway,

Answer 9

none

Answer 10

Well in scotland dinner is a main meal you have about 4 or 5 and supper would be a snack like toast and a cup of tea before you go to bed x

Answer 11

dinner to me is what i av for my tea at around 6pm and supper is a snack i have before bed like cereal or toast

Answer 12

Nothing...just depends where you live as to what you call it from what I understand.

Answer 13

Dinner is the main meal of the day, either eaten mid-day or early evening'

Supper is a light meal at the end of the day

Answer 14

Dinner is the main meal of the day. For us that's lunch.

Answer 15

some ppl say supper is a small snack to eat b4 mom makes that 3 hour dinner

Answer 16

Same thing, but it depends from what part of the US you come from. Sometimes supper is also another name for lunch as some folk eat it a about 2pm, then have dinner like at 8pm.

Answer 17

If you have the 6 small meals a day it goes like this

Breakfast - 7am

Brunch - 10am

Lunch- 1pm

Dinner- 5pm

Supper-8pm

Cerial - 10pm