Seller vs Merchandise - What's the difference?
seller | merchandise |
Someone who sells; a vender; a clerk
Something which sells
(uncountable) Commodities offered for sale.
(countable) A commodity offered for sale; an article of commerce; a kind of merchandise.
(uncountable) The act or business of trading; trade; traffic.
(archaic) To engage in trade; to carry on commerce.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of goods, as by display and arrangement of goods.
(archaic) To engage in the trade of.
To engage in in-store promotion of the sale of.
To promote as if for sale.
As nouns the difference between seller and merchandise
is that seller is someone who sells; a vender; a clerk while merchandise is commodities offered for sale.As a proper noun Seller
is an English and Scottish topographic surname, derived from either of several places named Sell.As a verb merchandise is
to engage in trade; to carry on commerce.seller
English
Etymology 1
From (sell) + (-er).Noun
(en noun)- Alisha was a seller of fine books.
- Two of the books Alisha authored had become banner sellers .
Etymology 2
Alternative forms.Anagrams
* English agent nouns ----merchandise
English
Alternative forms
* merchandize , merchaundise (obsolete),merchaundize (obsolete)Noun
(en-noun)- ''good business depends on having good merchandise
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "merchandise": returned, used, damaged, stolen, assorted, lost, promotional, industrial, cheap, expensive, imported, good, inferior.Synonyms
* wares * productVerb
(merchandis)- (Francis Bacon)
- He started his career merchandising in a small clothing store chain.
- He got hired to merchandise some new sporting goods lines.
- The record companies don't get as good a return on merchandising artists under contract.