Meal vs. Food
Difference Between Meal and Food
Mealnoun
Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity (as opposed to a snack).
Breakfast is the morning meal, lunch is the noon meal, and dinner, or supper, is the evening meal.Foodnoun
(uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.
The innkeeper brought them food and drink.Mealnoun
Food served or eaten as a repast.
Foodnoun
(countable) A foodstuff.
Mealnoun
(obsolete) A time or an occasion.
Foodnoun
Anything that nourishes or sustains.
The man's inspiring speech gave us food for thought.Mozart and Bach are food for my soul.Mealnoun
The coarse-ground edible part of various grains often used to feed animals; flour or a coarser blend than flour.
Foodnoun
any substance that can be metabolized by an organism to give energy and build tissue
Mealnoun
A speck or spot.
Foodnoun
any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment;
food and drinkMealnoun
A part; a fragment; a portion.
Foodnoun
anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking
Mealverb
To yield or be plentiful in meal.
Mealverb
(transitive) To defile or taint.
Mealnoun
the food served and eaten at one time
Mealnoun
any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times
Mealnoun
coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse
