A balanced meal has food from all parts of the food pyramid in good proportions, while a snack is usually a small amount of food that is not a full fledged meal but something to keep you full for a small amount of time.
A snack can be more fattening sometimes of also very healthy. It depends on the food you are snacking on.
A meal is something like lunch or dinner. A mango is eaten like a snack or a side dish.
A "light snack" refers to eating a small portion of food in between meal times. A "light snack" is not enough food to replace a meal or qualify as a meal.
snack between meal
"Dinner" might indicate the noontime meal or the evening meal, depending on which is the main meal of the day. In American usage, "Dinner" is used to indicate the noon meal on Sundays and holidays. It also continues to indicate the noon meal in many rural areas, particularly in the Old South. ... A light meal between lunch and supper (always the evening meal) is usually called a snack. Some Americans will attempt to mimic British usage by referring to a small meal in the afternoon as "tea."
It can be both.
Snack
Both! On some cereal box's it will tell you how much is a meal and how is a snack.
meaning of meal
Snack: a mini-meal. Merienda: a Spanish word for snack.
A chicken sandwich can be eaten as a snack between meals or as the main food for a meal, often served with chips or french fries and sometimes with pickles on the side.
it is like a snack but bigger
A meal is food but not all food is a meal. An apple is food but you can't call it a meal.