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Marketplace vs Directory - What's the difference?

marketplace | directory |

As nouns the difference between marketplace and directory

is that marketplace is an open area in a town housing a public market while directory is a list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

As an adjective directory is

containing directions; instructing; directorial.

marketplace

English

Alternative forms

* market place

Noun

(wikipedia marketplace) (en noun)
  • An open area in a town housing a public market.
  • The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
  • (by extension) The world of commerce and trade.

    • Related terms

    * market square

    directory

    English

    (wikipedia directory)

    Noun

    (directories)
  • A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
  • (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
  • (computing) A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.

    • Synonyms

    * (structured listing)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Containing directions; instructing; directorial.