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Drugstore vs Chemist - What's the difference?

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Chemist is a synonym of drugstore.



As nouns the difference between drugstore and chemist

is that drugstore is a pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of which is medications (usually both prescription and non-prescription), along with first aid and other similar products while chemist is a person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

drugstore

English

Alternative forms

* drug store

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chiefly, US, Canada) A pharmacy; a retail store, the main product of which is medications (usually both prescription and non-prescription), along with first aid and other similar products.

    • Usage notes

    * Most drugstores also carry an assortment of other health and beauty products, and some may carry many other products such as groceries, books and magazines, consumer electronics, etc. Some drugstores may obtain the majority of their revenue from these additional products. * Some supermarkets (large grocers) and department stores may have a pharmacy inside the main store, but such a pharmacy is not usually referred to as a drugstore .

    Synonyms

    * pharmacy * apothecary * chemist, chemist's (UK) * (owned and operated by pharmacist) druggist's, druggist, pharmacist's; (UK)

    Synonyms

    chemist

    English

    (wikipedia chemist)

    Alternative forms

    * chimist (obsolete), chymist (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A new prescription , passage=As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.}}
  • (chiefly, British, NZ) A pharmacist.
  • (chiefly, British, NZ) A pharmacy.
  • (obsolete) An alchemist.

    • Synonyms

    * (pharmacist) apothecary, druggist, pharmacist * (pharmacy) chemist's (British), chemist's shop (British), drugstore (US), pharmacy (especially US)

    Related terms

    * chemistry * alchemist

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