What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Sale vs Nonsale - What's the difference?

sale | nonsale |

As a noun sale

is a hall.

As a proper noun Sale

is a town in Greater Manchester, England.

As an adjective nonsale is

not of or pertaining to selling.

sale

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) sale, sal, from (etyl) . Related also to (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hall.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) sale, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (s)
  • An exchange of goods or services for currency or credit.
  • The sale of goods at reduced prices.
  • The act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder.
    • Derived terms
    * for sale * on sale * regular sales * salesman * sales pitch
    Troponyms
    * (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event * (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public sale

    Anagrams

    * ----

    nonsale

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not of or pertaining to selling.
  • Not part of a sale where goods are discounted.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 29, author=Marianne Rohrlich, title=The Retailers’ View, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Customers who made purchases at Moss’s recent sale, held in a rented space around the corner, were given a card entitling them to a 15 percent discount on nonsale items in the store that are $500 or more, and items left over from the sale are being sold online as “Web specials,” Mr. Getchell said, which “is very odd for us — we never did it before.” }}