supper专指晚饭、晚餐会，也可以指宵夜；dinner指正餐，多用于晚餐，也可用为宴会、主餐、筵席、款待等。
例句：
（1）His wife made some pumpkin pies for supper.他妻子做了一些南瓜馅饼作晚餐。
（2）The remains of the supper were taken away.晚餐吃剩的东西被收去了。
（3）It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。
（4）Because my husband has gone to a stag dinner, I have to stay at home alone.因为我丈夫去参加一个只许男人参加的宴会，我只好独自待在家里。
扩展资料
dinner和supper常见错误：
1、dinner：
我们邀请他来吃饭好吗?
错误 Shall we ask him to the dinner?
正确 Shall we ask him to dinner?
分析： to dinner是固定用法,不能加定冠词the。像这样的短语还有at dinner, before dinner, after dinner等。
2、supper：
昨天我吃了一顿很棒的晚饭。
错误 I had wonderful supper yesterday.
正确 I had a wonderful supper yesterday.
分析 supper作“晚饭”解泛指一顿饭的名称时,前面通常不加冠词; 但当有定语修饰时,前面通常加不定冠词a。
supper专指晚饭、晚餐会，也可以指宵夜；dinner指正餐，多用于晚餐，也可用为宴会、主餐、筵席、款待等。
例句：
（1）His wife made some pumpkin pies for supper.他妻子做了一些南瓜馅饼作晚餐。
（2）The remains of the supper were taken away.晚餐吃剩的东西被收去了。
（3）It is now his turn to set me up to a nice dinner.现在轮到他请我吃一顿丰盛的晚餐了。
（4）Because my husband has gone to a stag dinner, I have to stay at home alone.因为我丈夫去参加一个只许男人参加的宴会，我只好独自待在家里。
扩展资料
dinner和supper常见错误：
1、dinner：
我们邀请他来吃饭好吗?
错误 Shall we ask him to the dinner?
正确 Shall we ask him to dinner?
分析： to dinner是固定用法,不能加定冠词the。像这样的短语还有at dinner, before dinner, after dinner等。
2、supper：
昨天我吃了一顿很棒的晚饭。
错误 I had wonderful supper yesterday.
正确 I had a wonderful supper yesterday.
分析 supper作“晚饭”解泛指一顿饭的名称时,前面通常不加冠词; 但当有定语修饰时,前面通常加不定冠词a。
本回答被网友采纳dinner：一词常用来表示一天中的正餐（main meal）它一般是指晚餐，而不指午餐，dinner一词比较正式，邀请朋友赴晚宴常用。国内很多认为dinner也可以指午餐其实是不准确的。dinner指午餐supper指晚餐已经是过时的用法。
supper：所指的晚餐不是正餐，指的临睡前吃的夜宵，即睡前的少量进食。此外，在苏格兰地区，supper可用来指普通百姓比较简单、比较晚的一餐。supper还固定用来指圣经中耶稣受难前的最后一次晚餐——lord's supper或last supper.
dinner和supper在美国的用法：
“Supper” and “dinner” mean the same thing: the last meal of the day that is served in the evening.
In most parts of the U.S., especially in urban (city) areas, you’ll hear “dinner” more often than “supper.” “Supper” is also a bit old-fashioned in most parts of the country. You may hear it used for talking about eating that meal at home; it’s less common to hear someone say that they are having supper at a restaurant.
In some rural (countryside) and Southern parts of the U.S., you may hear “dinner” used instead of “lunch” to mean the meal in the middle of the day, and “supper” used instead of “dinner” to mean the last meal of the day. However, this usage is also becoming less common these days and the terms “breakfast,” “lunch,” and “dinner” are the most common to describe the three meals Americans typically eat each day.
For most Americans, mealtimes are as follows: Breakfast - 6:00 to 9:00 a.m.; Lunch - 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; and Dinner/Supper - 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Of course there are many exceptions (things that do not follow the rules) depending on people’s schedules and preferences, but these are times that you can expect a restaurant to serve these types of meals.
Many restaurants in Los Angeles, as in many cities, close at 9:00 p.m on weekdays (Monday through Friday) and at 10:00 p.m. on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). You will still be served if you arrive anytime before closing time, but late-comers will be turned away (not allowed to enter). There are, of course, restaurants that cater to (are made for; are specifically for) late-nightdiners (eaters), and many of these are open 24 hours.
而在英国，这种用法也受到美国用法的影响：
When I was a child, growing up in the suburbs of London, it was breakfast - dinner - supper. That seems to have changed in the late 70's and since then I and all my family have eaten breakfast - lunch - dinner. I suspect this is an Americanism which crept in in the 70's. It would seem strange to me now to describe the evening meal as "supper"!
而且dinner和supper有食量上和时间上的差别：
To my knowledge 'supper' is the light meal which we take before going to sleep, usually night times and 'dinner' is that meal which would be heavy in a day(which some one throws for us as a party), can be lunch.本回答被提问者和网友采纳