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Groceries vs Provender - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between groceries and provender

is that groceries is the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery while provender is food, especially for livestock.

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.

    provender

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Food, especially for livestock.
  • * 1663 ,
    • He ripp'd the womb up of his mother, / Dame Tellus, 'cause he wanted fother, / And provender , wherewith to feed / Himself and his less cruel steed.
  • An edible material that provides sustenance.

    • Synonyms

    * (animal food) fodder

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