afternoon tea vs supper

afternoon tea

noun
  • A formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, accompanied by tea. 

  • A small meal or snack eaten between lunch and dinner (supper); a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from work or from a conference. 

supper

noun
  • Food consumed before going to bed. 

  • A meal from a chip shop consisting of a deep-fried food with chips. 

  • A drinker, especially one who drinks slowly (i.e., one who sups). 

  • Any meal eaten in the evening; dinner eaten in the evening, rather than at noon. 

verb
  • To consume a snack before retiring. 

  • To eat dinner (see above). 

How often have the words afternoon tea and supper occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )