Deli vs Delicatessen - What's the difference?

deli | delicatessen | Derived terms |

Delicatessen is a derived term of deli.



As nouns the difference between deli and delicatessen

is that deli is a shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving while delicatessen is a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

deli

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
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    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=32, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Mexico gets a taste for eating insects … , passage=The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.}}
  • (label) Food sold at a delicatessen.

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    delicatessen

    English

    (wikipedia delicatessen)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.
  • (plural only) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

    • Derived terms

    * deli

    Related terms

    * delicacy

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