Is there anything difference between supper and dinner???

[unnamed]

Is there anything difference between supper and dinner???
Thanks a lot.

[teeko]

Good question!

It's like this:


In English speaking countries usually only three meals are served during the day, that is breakfast, lunch at noon and supper in the evening hours. If either lunch or supper is the principal meal during the day, it is called dinner.
Only one principal meal (=dinner) is served during the day, that means it is the main and (mostly) the only warm dish for the day.

[sang56]

Good question!

It's like this:


In English speaking countries usually only three meals are served during the day, that is breakfast, lunch at noon and supper in the evening hours. If either lunch or supper is the principal meal during the day, it is called dinner.
Only one principal meal (=dinner) is served during the day, that means it is the main and (mostly) the only warm dish for the day.

Teeko, are you sure this is the right explanation? Where did you get the information from?

[teeko]

Teeko, are you sure this is the right explanation? Where did you get the information from?

I am very sure that's right for the US, cause that's were I'm from.
It also seems to hold true for the UK, just follow the link to the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/le...er/page2.shtml

[Ilikemydict]

From what I understand, Supper is a light meal and Dinner is a full course.
Yum! Yum! Yum! Unless you live in a less fortune countries, Dinner or Supper might not happen at all.