Mercantile vs Trading - What's the difference?
mercantile | trading |
(economics) Concerned with the exchange of goods for profit
Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.
(obsolete, rare) Frequented by traders.
* Milton
(obsolete) venal; corrupt; jobbing
The carrying on of trade.
* Bible, Revelations
As adjectives the difference between mercantile and trading
is that mercantile is concerned with the exchange of goods for profit while trading is carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.As a verb trading is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun trading is
the carrying on of trade.mercantile
English
Alternative forms
* merchantileAdjective
(-)trading
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- a trading company
- they on the trading flood
- a trading politician
Noun
- But thy riches and thy tradings , thy merchandise, and they who trade thy traffic, shall fall into the heart of the seas