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Merchant vs Industrialist - What's the difference?

merchant | industrialist |

As a proper noun merchant

is .

As a noun industrialist is

a person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.

merchant

English

(wikipedia merchant)

Alternative forms

* merchaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
  • The owner or operator of a retail business.
  • A trading vessel; a merchantman.
  • * 1611 , , II. i. 5:
    • Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant', and the ' merchant , / Have just our theme of woe.

    Derived terms

    * merchantable * merchant bank * merchant banker * merchant flag * merchant fleet * merchantman * merchant marine * mercantile * merchant navy * merchant prince * merchant seaman * merchant ship * merchant tailor * wine merchant

    Related terms

    * merchandise * commerce

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
    • a merchanting service

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    industrialist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person involved in the ownership or management of an industrial enterprise.
  • * 2004 , Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD
    • Brian Donlevy is a wealthy industrialist who survives an attempted murder when his wife's boyfriend is killed in a car crash.
  • One who performs or enjoys industrial music.
  • * 2013 , S. Alexander Reed, Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music (page 174)
    • Like a lot of second-wave industrialists , Skinny Puppy's attraction to rhythm wasn't consciously political, but based in the pleasure of making and moving to a beat; Key was, after all, a drummer.