Gourmet vs Franchise - What's the difference?
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(of food) fine
A connoisseur in eating and drinking, someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most.
A right or privilege officially granted to a person, a group of people, or a company by a government.
* W. H. Seward
An acknowledgment of a corporation's existence and ownership.
The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
A business operating under such authorization, a franchisee.
A legal exemption from jurisdiction.
The membership of a corporation or state; citizenship.
The right to vote at a public election.
The district or jurisdiction to which a particular privilege extends; the limits of an immunity; hence, an asylum or sanctuary.
* London Encyc.
(sports) The collection of organizations in the history of a sports team; the tradition of a sports team as an entity, extending beyond the contemporary organization.
(business, marketing) The positive influence on the buying behavior of customers exerted by the reputation of a company or a brand.
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The loose collection of fictional works pertaining to a particular universe, including literary, film or television series from various sources.
Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
(obsolete) Magnanimity; generosity; liberality; frankness; nobility.
To confer certain powers on; grant a franchise to; authorize.
(rare) To set free; invest with a franchise or privilege; enfranchise.
As nouns the difference between gourmet and franchise
is that gourmet is while franchise is franchise.gourmet
English
(wikipedia gourmet)Adjective
(-)- Gourmet coffee is just like regular coffee, only better.
- We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.
Usage notes
Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage, and is considered by some a pretentious middlebrow term. Such users tend to prefer terms such as (artisanal) (emphasizing the craft) for fine food.Coordinate terms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
Gourmet emphasizes interest in quality of food and enjoyment of eating, sometimes to an obsessive degree: someone who “lives to eat rather than eating to live”. By contrast, a gourmand is someone more interested in quantity of food than quality.Synonyms
* foodieSee also
* gourmand * haute cuisine ----franchise
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
- Election by universal suffrage, as modified by the Constitution, is the one crowning franchise of the American people.
- McDonalds has exported its franchise .
- Churches and monasteries in Spain are franchises for criminals.
- The Whalers' home city of Hartford was one of many for the franchise .
- the Star Wars franchise
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- (Chaucer)