Booking or Reservation

[David L.]

I have a reservation/booking for tonight in the name of Smith.

Yes - the situation where two different expressions are blended, when actually it is more clearly:
I have a reservation because I made a booking for tonight last week.
Because a listener can understand what is being said does not mean it is accurately expressed.
Witness this forum! We see some amazing feats of divining a poster's real meaning!

[vil]

Hi rodrimuino,

reserve = to cause to be set aside, as for one's use, in advance: bespeak, book, engage.
SYNONYMS book, bespeak, engage, reserve. These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.
Reservation =
1. Booking, appointment, or date to perform some activity at a particular time and place.

reservation: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com
book: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com
reserve: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com

Regards.

V.

[bhaisahab]

Originally Posted by vil

Hi rodrimuino,

reserve = to cause to be set aside, as for one's use, in advance: bespeak, book, engage.
SYNONYMS book, bespeak, engage, reserve. These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.
Reservation =
1. Booking, appointment, or date to perform some activity at a particular time and place.

reservation: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com
book: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com
reserve: Definition, Synonyms and Much More from Answers.com

Regards.

V.

Thankyou for getting back to the point of the question vil.

[David L.]

Thank you for getting back to the point of the question vil.

...and for our part, we'll overlook how it became obscured!

[bhaisahab]

Originally Posted by David L.

Thank you for getting back to the point of the question vil.

...and for our part, we'll overlook how it became obscured!

It was not obscured by me, if you look at my original post on the thread, it was simply to say that the two were synonimous, it was Anglica who introduced the argument about differences in meaning.

[Anglika]

Originally Posted by bhaisahab

It was not obscured by me, if you look at my original post on the thread, it was simply to say that the two were synonimous, it was Anglica who introduced the argument about differences in meaning.

Re-read my posts. There is the same definition in Vil's post.

[bhaisahab]

Originally Posted by Anglika

Re-read my posts. There is the same definition in Vil's post.

Reserve and book are synonymousSYNONYMS book, bespeak, engage, reserve. These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant.
is what I understand from the references. Which is what I said in my first post to this thread. So what are the dfferences?

[vil]

Much ado about nothing!

Regards.

V.