dinner vs tea party

dinner

noun
  • A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion. 

  • A meal given to an animal. 

  • A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea). 

  • The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening. 

  • An evening meal. 

  • The food provided or consumed at any such meal. 

verb
  • To provide (someone) with a dinner; to dine. 

  • To eat a dinner; to dine. 

tea party

noun
  • A semi-formal afternoon social gathering at which tea, sandwiches and cakes are served. 

  • An interaction characterized by a high degree of courtesy, delicacy, deference, and avoidance of conflict. 

  • A type of imaginative playing in which children gather with each other or their dolls to mimic having a real tea party or other formal meal, often without any food at all. 

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