Whats the difference between a restaurant and an eatery? Eatery is a much less formal term than restaurant It isn't a put-down, precisely, but you wouldn't call Spago or The Four Seasons an "eatery" except as a joke On the other hand, you can certainly call McDonald's an "eatery", but that isn't the sort of establishment that is usually called that, either
What is it called when we indirectly tell something to someone? In an open eatery "If you are reading this, it means you are literate Throw waste plates in a dustbin " What they actually mean - Don't litter Mannered people don't do that! These are just examples I want to learn what this method is called? What type of conversation that is? Sarcastic, insulting, humorous, witty, disdainful?