Diner vs. Souper — What's the Difference?

A diner is a small restaurant found predominantly in the Northeastern, Southeastern, and Midwestern United States, as well as in other parts of the US, Canada, Serbia and parts of Western Europe. Diners offer a wide range of foods, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a combination of booths served by a waitstaff and a long sit-down counter with direct service, in the smallest simply by a cook.

Someone who, during the Irish famine, supplied food such as soup to Catholics who converted to Protestantism.

One that dines

A (former) Catholic who converted to Protestantism in order to gain such food.

A dining car.

A small, usually inexpensive restaurant with a long counter and booths, sometimes housed in a building designed to resemble a dining car.

One who dines.

A dining car in a railroad train.

A typically small restaurant, usually modeled after a railroad dining car, that serves lower-class fare, normally having a counter with stools along one side and booths on the other, and often decorated in 50s and 60s pop culture themes and playing popular music from those decades.

One who dines.

A person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

A passenger car where food is served in transit

A restaurant that resembles a dining car