Product vs Brand - What's the difference?
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A commodity offered for sale.
Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.
Anything that is produced; a result.
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# The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.
# A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.
# (label) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.
# (arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.
# (label) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.
# Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.
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Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.
A piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.
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(archaic) A sword.
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A mark of ownership made by burning, e.g. on cattle, or to classify the contents of a cask.
A branding iron.
A name, symbol, logo, or other item used to distinguish a product or service, or its provider.
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A specific product, service, or provider so distinguished.
Any specific type or variety of something; a distinct style, manner.
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The reputation among some population of an organization, of the products sold under a particular brand name, or of a person.
Any minute fungus producing a burnt appearance in plants.
To burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc.) or to cauterise a wound.
:When they caught him, he was branded and then locked up.
To mark (especially cattle) with a brand as proof of ownership.
:The ranch hands had to brand every new calf by lunchtime.
To make an indelible impression on the memory or senses.
:Her face is branded upon my memory.
To stigmatize, label (someone).
:He was branded a fool by everyone that heard his story.
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*:I had never defrauded a man of a farthing, nor called him knave behind his back. But now the last rag that covered my nakedness had been torn from me. I was branded a blackleg, card-sharper, and murderer.
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, title= (marketing) To associate a product or service with a trademark or other name and related images.
:They branded the new detergent "Suds-O", with a nature scene inside a green O on the muted-colored recycled-cardboard box.
(advertising) Associated with a particular product, service, or company.
As nouns the difference between product and brand
is that product is a commodity offered for sale while brand is a piece of wood red-hot, or still burning, from the fire.As a verb brand is
to burn the flesh with a hot iron, either as a marker (for criminals, slaves etc) or to cauterise a wound.As an adjective brand is
(advertising) associated with a particular product, service, or company.product
English
Noun
- the product of those ill-mated marriages.
- These institutions are the products of enthusiasm.
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "product": excellent, good, great, inferior, crappy, broken, defective, cheap, expensive, reliable, safe, dangerous, useful, valuable, useless, domestic, national, agricultural, industrial, financial.Synonyms
* (items for sale) merchandise, wares, goods * (amount created by a process) production, output, creationDerived terms
* by-product * categorical product * end product * finished product * gross domestic product, gross national product * product placement * product recallSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend ----brand
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(wikipedia brand)Noun
(en noun)- Snatching a live brand from a wigwam, Mason threw it on a matted roof.
- Paradise, so late their happy seat, / Waved over by that flaming brand .
- (Tennyson)
Synonyms
* trademark, logo, brand name, marque, tradename, proprietary name * (reputation) repute, name, good nameDerived terms
* brand awareness * brand equity * brand image * brand linkage * brand name * brand parity * brand stretch * branding * branding moment * own brandSee also
* * * * * * * * Picture Sorts * trademark * servicemarkVerb
(en verb)Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=As Ferguson strode briskly towards the Stretford End at the final whistle, he will have been reflecting on the extent of the challenge now facing him from the club he once branded "noisy neighbours".}}
Adjective
(-)- That computer company has brand recognition.
- Have we settled on our brand name?