breakfast vs refreshment

breakfast

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

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

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

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

verb
  • To serve breakfast to. 

  • To eat the morning meal. 

refreshment

noun
  • A light snack or drink. 

  • The action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour. 

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