Brunch vs. Breakfast

Brunchnoun

A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.

Breakfastnoun

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

‘You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.’;

Brunchverb

To eat brunch.

Breakfastnoun

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

‘We serve breakfast all day.’;

Brunchnoun

a late breakfast or an early lunch.

Breakfastnoun

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

Brunchnoun

combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning

Breakfastnoun

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

Brunchverb

eat a late-morning meal;

‘We brunch in Sundays’;

Breakfastverb

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

Brunchnoun

a late morning meal eaten instead of breakfast and lunch

‘breakfast was served so late as almost to constitute brunch’; ‘he cobbled together a brunch of cold remains from the fridge’;

Breakfastverb

(transitive) To serve breakfast to.

Brunch

Brunch is a combination of breakfast and lunch, and regularly has some form of alcoholic drink (most usually champagne or a cocktail) served with it. It is usually served between 11 o'clock in the morning and 2 o’clock pm.

Breakfastnoun

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

‘A sorry breakfast for my lord protector.’;

Breakfastnoun

A meal after fasting, or food in general.

‘The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.’;

Breakfastverb

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

‘First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast.’;

Breakfastverb

To furnish with breakfast.

Breakfastnoun

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

Breakfastverb

eat an early morning meal;

‘We breakfast at seven’;

Breakfastverb

provide breakfast for

Breakfastnoun

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

‘a breakfast of bacon and eggs’; ‘I don't eat breakfast’;

Breakfastverb

eat breakfast

‘she breakfasted on fried bread and bacon’;

Breakfast

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.