Artisan vs Merchant - What's the difference?
artisan | merchant |
A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
A person who displays great dexterity.
A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
The owner or operator of a retail business.
A trading vessel; a merchantman.
* 1611 , , II. i. 5:
As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
As a noun artisan
is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.As a proper noun merchant is
.artisan
English
(wikipedia artisan)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* artisanal * artisanatExternal links
* * *Anagrams
* ----merchant
English
(wikipedia merchant)Alternative forms
* merchaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant', and the ' merchant , / Have just our theme of woe.
Derived terms
* merchantable * merchant bank * merchant banker * merchant flag * merchant fleet * merchantman * merchant marine * mercantile * merchant navy * merchant prince * merchant seaman * merchant ship * merchant tailor * wine merchantVerb
(en verb)- a merchanting service