Salesman vs Huckster - What's the difference?
salesman | huckster |
A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall or in the street.
Somebody who manner.
One who s.
Somebody who writes s for radio or television.
A person.
* Bishop Hall
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
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, title= To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
To promote/sell goods in an aggressive/ showy manner.
As nouns the difference between salesman and huckster
is that salesman is a man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere while huckster is a peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall or in the street.As a verb huckster is
to haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.salesman
English
Noun
(salesmen)Antonyms
* saleswomanHypernyms
* salesperson * seller * vendorDerived terms
* salesmanship * travelling salesman * travelling salesman problemhuckster
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Jonathan Swift)
- Instead of turning to me and keeping to the works of charity and justice, he is a mere heathen huckster .
Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
