Merchant vs Supplier - What's the difference?
merchant | supplier |
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.
One who supplies; a provider.
* {{quote-magazine, title=An internet of airborne things, date=2012-12-01, volume=405, issue=8813, page=3 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=
, passage=A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.}}
(soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
* {{quote-news
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, date=January 16
, author=Saj Chowdhury
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As nouns the difference between merchant and supplier
is that merchant is a person who traffics in commodities for profit while supplier is one who supplies; a provider.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
External links
* * *supplier
English
(wikipedia supplier)Noun
(en noun)citation
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