Goods vs Assortment - What's the difference?
goods | assortment |
(business, economics, plurale tantum) That which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed.
(informal, often preceded by the) Something authentic, important, or revealing.
(transport) freight (not passengers)
English plurals
A collection of varying but related items.
As nouns the difference between goods and assortment
is that goods is (business|economics|plurale tantum) that which is produced, then traded, bought or sold, then finally consumed while assortment is a collection of varying but related items.goods
English
Noun
(head)Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to produced, traded, or consumed "goods": returned, used, damaged, stolen, lost, dangerous, non-traded, intermediate, promotional, industrial, agricultural, imported, cheap, expensive, luxury, inferior, counterfeit, raw, processed, scarce, durable, perishable, baked, public, collective, digital, virtual, necessary, essential.Synonyms
* (that which is consumed) wares * evidence, factsAntonyms
* (that which is consumed) capital, servicesDerived terms
* baked goods * bill of goods * brown goods * capital goods * come up with the goods * consumer goods * cost of goods sold * damaged goods * dangerous goods * deliver the goods * digital goods * dry goods * fancy goods * finished goods * get the goods on, have the goods on * goods and sales tax * goods train, goods van, goods wagon * grave goods * greige goods * heavy goods vehicle * leathergoods * nongoods * red goods * sell someone a bill of goods * smallgoods * softgoods * white goodsExternal links
* (wikipedia "goods")Anagrams
*assortment
English
Noun
(en noun)- This box has an assortment of chocolates, there's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.