Memorabilia vs Merchandise - What's the difference?
memorabilia | merchandise |
Objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events.
(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
(archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
(archaic) To engage in the trade of.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
To promote as if for sale.
As nouns the difference between memorabilia and merchandise
is that memorabilia is objects that are connected to or remind their owner of past events while merchandise is commodities offered for sale.As a verb merchandise is
to engage in trade; to carry on commerce.memorabilia
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- George has a collection of World War II memorabilia .
Synonyms
* mementosmerchandise
English
Alternative forms
* merchandize , merchaundise (obsolete),merchaundize (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- ''good business depends on having good merchandise
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.Synonyms
* wares * productVerb
(merchandis)- (Francis Bacon)
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
- He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
- The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.