Commercial vs Economical - What's the difference?
commercial | economical |
Of or pertaining to commerce.
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Careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.
Relating to economy in any other sense.
' Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.
As adjectives the difference between commercial and economical
is that commercial is of or pertaining to commerce while economical is careful with money so as not to spend too much; prudent; thrifty.As a noun commercial
is an advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.commercial
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Hyponyms
* infomercialHypernyms
* advertisementAdjective
(en adjective)- A two minutes' walk brought Warwick--the name he had registered under, and as we shall call him--to the market-house, the central feature of Patesville, from both the commercial and the picturesque points of view.
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* * ----economical
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Alternative forms
* economicall (obsolete) * (archaic) * (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
Modern usage prefers economic' when describing the economy of a region or country (and when referring to personal or family budgeting).' Economical is preferred when referring to thrift or value for money.