Sale vs Shop - What's the difference?
sale | shop |
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.
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
* Cowper
A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
* Shakespeare
An automobile mechanic's workplace.
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk'', ''closed shop'' and ''shop floor .
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
(business, computing) an organisation using specified programming languages or software, often exclusively.
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
(transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
(internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop ; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
As nouns the difference between sale and shop
is that sale is splinter while shop is an establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.As a verb shop is
to visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.As an interjection shop is
(used to attract the services of a shop assistant).sale
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) sale, sal, from (etyl) . Related also to (l), (l).Etymology 2
From (etyl) sale, from (etyl) .Noun
(s)Derived terms
* for sale * on sale * regular sales * salesman * sales pitchTroponyms
* (selling of goods at reduced prices) cut-rate sale, sales event * (act of putting up for auction to the highest bidder) auction, public saleAnagrams
* ----shop
English
Noun
(en noun)- From shop' to ' shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.
- A tailor called me in his shop .
- Our company is mostly a Java shop .
- This is where I do my weekly shop .
Synonyms
* (establishment that sells goods) boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also * (place where things are crafted) atelier, studio, workshop * (sense, automobile mechanic's workplace) garage * (workplace) office, place of work, workplace * (wood shop) carpentry, wood shop, woodwork * (metal shop) metal shop, metalworkDerived terms
* beauty shop * bucket shop * charity shop * chip shop * close up shop * coffee shop * cop shop * corner shop * food shop * gift shop * like a bull in a china shop * one-stop shop * op shop * pawn shop * pet shop * Photoshop® * pound shop * repair shop * sex shop * shoe shop * shopaholic * shop assistant * shopfloor * shopfront * shopgirl * shophouse * shopkeep * shopkeeper * shopman * shop right * shop steward * shop talk * shopward * shopwards * shopworn * shut up shop * swap shop * sweet shop, sweet-shop, sweetshop * wood shop * workshopVerb
(shopp)- I went shopping early, before the Christmas rush.
- He’s shopping for clothes .
- He shopped his mates in to the police.
