Merchant vs Shopkeeper - What's the difference?
merchant | shopkeeper |
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:
As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.
As nouns the difference between merchant and shopkeeper
is that merchant is a person who traffics in commodities for profit while shopkeeper is a trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.As a verb merchant
is as a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.As a proper noun Merchant
is {{surname|lang=en}.merchant
English
(wikipedia merchant)Alternative forms
* merchaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- 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 merchantVerb
(en verb)- a merchanting service