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Setup vs Showroom - What's the difference?

setup | showroom |

As nouns the difference between setup and showroom

is that setup is equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus while showroom is a room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.

As verbs the difference between setup and showroom

is that setup is while showroom is to inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.

setup

English

Alternative forms

* set-up

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia setup)
  • Equipment designed for a particular purpose; an apparatus.
    • The laboratory included an elaborate setup for measuring the energy.
  • The fashion in which something is organized or arranged.
    • The classroom setup was simple and efficient.
  • An act to frame someone; an effort or arrangement aimed at placing the blame on somebody.
    • Trust me, that was a setup !
  • (computing) An installer.
    • After inserting the disk, run the setup .
  • (operations) The process of arranging resources for performing a specific operation, as a run of a particular product.
    • A simple setup on the bottling line involves reloading bottles and labels; emptying, cleaning, and reloading the tanks; and a test run.

    Synonyms

    * (equipment) apparatus * (the fashion in which something is organized or arranged) configuration

    Related terms

    * set up, the adjective and verb

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    showroom

    English

    (wikipedia showroom)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
  • (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

    • Verb

    (showrooming) (en verb)
  • To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.
    • This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.

    Usage notes

    Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.