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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Eat out vs dine out
Hi:
Is there any different between eat out and dine out?
Thanks.
Is there any different between eat out and dine out?
Thanks.
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I don`t think so They both mean having dinner somewhere else than home, either at a restaurant or at someone else`s place. I guess one might think " dine out" to be exclusively for going to a diner ("small restaurant"), because of the obvious similar word construction, but I find that to be the wrong way of looking at it, since "diner" is a derivate of "dine" ("to eat") and not the other way around, and also since the rather recent term "diner" is, methinks, American. Following this logic, you`d get that the British never dine out in England, fact which I really doubt.
- I don`t think so They both mean having dinner somewhere else than home, either at a restaurant or at someone else`s place.
- I guess one might think " dine out" to be exclusively for going to a diner ("small restaurant"), because of the obvious similar word construction, but I find that to be the wrong way of looking at it, since "diner" is a derivate of "dine" ("to eat") and not the other way around, and also since the rather recent term "diner" is, methinks, American.
- Following this logic, you`d get that the British never dine out in England, fact which I really doubt.
- Hoping not to have confused you, Diana.
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I don`t think so 
They both mean having dinner somewhere else than home, either at a restaurant or at someone else`s place.
They both mean having dinner somewhere else than home, either at a restaurant or at someone else`s place.
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Hi, Diana:
I thought eat out is to go out to some place to have food in a casual way. Dine out is to go to a fancy restaurant, dressed up maybe, to have dinner. I quess I misunderstood. Thank you for your reply.
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I thought eat out is to go out to some place to have food in a casual way. Dine out is to go to a fancy restaurant, dressed up maybe, to have dinner. I quess I misunderstood. Thank you for your reply.
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AnonymousHi, Diana:Initially I thought so too, but I looked it up here and there and there was no difference specified. So I did a small
I thought eat out is to go out to some place to have food in a casual way. Dine out is to go to a fancy restaurant, dressed up maybe, to have dinner. I quess I misunderstood. Thank you for your reply.
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Hi guys,
Broadly speaking, 'dine' is a fancier concept than 'eat'. That's partly why the word 'eat' is much more common.
The fact that Americans use the word 'diner' for a little casual place to eat does not really have relevance to the meanings of the two words,
Broadly speaking, 'dine' is a fancier concept than 'eat'. That's partly why the word 'eat' is much more common.
The fact that Americans use the word 'diner' for a little casual place to eat does not really have relevance to the meanings of the two words,
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