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Purchasing vs Selling - What's the difference?

purchasing | selling |

As verbs the difference between purchasing and selling

is that purchasing is while selling is .

As nouns the difference between purchasing and selling

is that purchasing is the act of making a purchase while selling is action of the verb to sell .

purchasing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a purchase.
  • * 1936 , James Arthur Fulton, Our economic nationalism: its purpose and importance (page 84)
    • As our exports and imports are now nearly in balance, it is assumed that such bargaining, if agreed to, would induce the debtor nations to greatly increase their purchasings from us

    selling

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • Action of the verb to sell .
    • buyings and sellings