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Barter vs Sharing - What's the difference?

barter | sharing |

As nouns the difference between barter and sharing

is that barter is an equal exchange while sharing is something shared.

As verbs the difference between barter and sharing

is that barter is exchange goods or services without involving money while sharing is present participle of lang=en.

barter

English

(wikipedia barter)

Noun

(en noun)
  • an equal exchange
    • We had no money so we had to live by barter .

    Synonyms

    * quid pro quo * swap * swop * trade

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • exchange goods or services without involving money

    • Synonyms

    * swap * swop * trade

    sharing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * sharing economy

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something shared.
  • * 1997 , Roger Blench, ?Matthew Spriggs, Archaeology and Language I
    • IE also has sharings with Nakh-Daghestanian, Semitic, and Sumerian. IE and Kartvelian, and no other languages, share numerals with Semitic.

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