Foodstuffs vs Grocery - What's the difference?
foodstuffs | grocery |
As nouns the difference between foodstuffs and grocery is that foodstuffs is while grocery is (usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
foodstuffs English
Noun
(head)
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grocery Noun
( groceries)
(usually groceries) retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
* 1776:
- Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...
* 1850 , '', ''The present time
- Did not cotton spin itself, beef grow, and groceries and spiceries come in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?
A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
* 1854:
- I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery , the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...
Usage notes
When referring to goods, the singular form is primarily used attributively, as in a grocery bill, a grocery list, etc. The plural form, groceries, is much more frequently used to refer to actual goods, especially in the US.
Synonyms
* (retail foodstuffs and household supplies) commodities, general goods, groceries, packaged goods
* (store that sells groceries) general store, grocery store, market, supermarket
Related terms
* greengrocer
* grocer
* groceries
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