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Groceries vs Victuals - What's the difference?

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Groceries is a related term of victuals.


As nouns the difference between groceries and victuals

is that groceries is the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery while victuals is (archaic|plurale tantum) food]] [[supply|supplies; provisions.

As a verb victuals is

(victual).

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.

    victuals

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (archaic, plurale tantum) Food]] [[supply, supplies; provisions.
  • * 1598? , Two Gentlemen of Verona ,Act II, scene I line 181:
    • though the chameleon Love can feed on the air, I am one that am nourished by my victuals and would fain have meat.
  • English plurals

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (victual)

    • Related terms

    * victualer, victualler