Parlor vs. Salon — What's the Difference?

A room in a private home set apart for the entertainment of visitors.

An establishment where a hairdresser, beautician, or couturier conducts trade

A small lounge or sitting room affording limited privacy, as at an inn or tavern.

A reception room in a large house.

A business establishment with one or more rooms equipped and furnished for a special function

An annual exhibition of the work of living artists held by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in Paris from 1648, originally in the Salon d'Apollon in the Louvre.

The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room

A large room, such as a drawing room, used for receiving and entertaining guests.

(archaic) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside.

A periodic gathering of people of social or intellectual distinction.

(archaic) A comfortable room in a public house.

A hall or gallery for the exhibition of works of art.

A covered open-air patio.

A commercial establishment offering a product or service related to fashion

A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context.

A large room, especially one used to receive and entertain guests.

A shed used for milking cattle.

A gathering of people for a social or intellectual meeting.

(Philippines) beauty parlor

(arts) An art gallery or exhibition; especially the Paris salon or autumn salon.

A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.

A beauty salon or similar establishment.

A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.

An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

Reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received

An apartment for the reception and exhibition of works of art; hence, an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris by the Society of French Artists; - sometimes called the Old Salon. New Salon is a popular name for an annual exhibition of paintings, sculptures, etc., held in Paris at the Champs de Mars, by the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (National Society of Fine Arts), a body of artists who, in 1890, seceded from the Société des Artistes Français (Society of French Artists).

A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

Gallery where works of art can be displayed

A shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

Elegant sitting room where guests are received