Breakfast vs. Lunch — What's the Difference?

Breakfast is the first meal of the day eaten after waking from the night's sleep, usually in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.

Lunch, an abbreviation for luncheon, is a meal eaten around midday. During the 20th century, the meaning gradually narrowed to a meal eaten midday.

A meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day

A meal eaten at midday.

Eat breakfast

The food provided for a midday meal.

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

To eat a midday meal.

(Informal) Food traditionally consumed for breakfast, such as eggs or pancakes

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

To eat breakfast

(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

To provide breakfast for.

Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

(intransitive) To eat lunch.

(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).

A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.

A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

To take luncheon.

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

A midday meal

(transitive) To serve breakfast to.

Take the midday meal;

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

Provide a midday meal for;

A meal after fasting, or food in general.

To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.

To furnish with breakfast.

The first meal of the day (usually in the morning)

Eat an early morning meal;

Provide breakfast for