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Foodstuff vs Groceries - What's the difference?

foodstuff | groceries |

As nouns the difference between foodstuff and groceries

is that foodstuff is an instance of material which may be used as food while groceries is the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery.

foodstuff

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An instance of material which may be used as food.

    • groceries

    English

    Noun

    (head) (p)
  • The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery.
    • She carried a sack of groceries in from the car and set it on the kitchen table.
  • Multiple retailers of groceries.
    • There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither looked very profitable.