Lunch vs. Lunchtime: What's the Difference?

Lunch and Lunchtime Definitions
Lunch
A meal eaten at midday.
Lunchtime
The time during which lunch is usually eaten.
Lunch
The food provided for a midday meal.
Lunchtime
The time or hour at or around which lunch is normally eaten.
Lunch
To eat a midday meal.
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Lunchtime
A break in work or school to eat lunch.
It's almost lunchtime, so I think I'll finish up later this afternoon.
Lunch
A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
Lunchtime
The time for eating lunch; as, he observed a regular lunchtime.
Lunch
(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.
Lunchtime
The customary or habitual hour for eating lunch;
He observed a regular lunchtime
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Lunch
Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.
After the funeral there was a lunch for those who didn't go to the cemetery.
Lunch
(intransitive) To eat lunch.
I like to lunch in Italian restaurants.
Lunch
(transitive) To treat to lunch.
Lunch
A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.
Lunch
To take luncheon.
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Lunch
A midday meal
Lunch
Take the midday meal;
At what time are you lunching?
Lunch
Provide a midday meal for;
She lunched us well