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Commercial vs Sale - What's the difference?

commercial | sale |

As nouns the difference between commercial and sale

is that commercial is an advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television while sale is splinter.

As an adjective commercial

is of or pertaining to commerce.

commercial

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An advertisement in a common media format, usually radio or television.

    • Hyponyms

    * infomercial

    Hypernyms

    * advertisement

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to commerce.
  • * 1900 , , Chapter I,
    • 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.

    Related terms

    * commerce * commercialize * precommercial

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    sale

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) sale, sal, from (etyl) . Related also to (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hall.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sale, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (s)
  • An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
  • The sale of goods at reduced prices.
  • The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
    • Derived terms
    * for sale * on sale * regular sales * salesman * sales pitch
    Troponyms
    * (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event * (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public sale

    Anagrams

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