Delicatessen vs Delicacies - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between delicatessen and delicacies

is that delicatessen is a shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving while delicacies is plural of lang=en.

(wikipedia delicatessen)

(en noun)

(countable) A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

(plural only) Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

* deli

(head)