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Shop vs Mall - What's the difference?

shop | mall |

As nouns the difference between shop and mall

is that shop is an establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well while mall is a large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

As verbs the difference between shop and mall

is that shop is to visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something while mall is to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.

As an interjection shop

is Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

shop

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
  • * Cowper
  • From shop' to ' shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.
  • A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A tailor called me in his shop .
  • 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.
  • Our company is mostly a Java shop .
  • An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
  • 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, metalwork

    Derived 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 * workshop

    Verb

    (shopp)
  • To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
  • I went shopping early, before the Christmas rush.
    He’s shopping for clothes .
  • (transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
  • He shopped his mates in to the police.
  • (internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop ; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
  • Synonyms

    * (to report a criminal to authority) grass up (slang)

    Derived terms

    * shop around * shopper * shop till you drop * window shopping

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Used to attract the services of a shop assistant)
  • mall

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.
  • (Addison)
  • A heavy blow.
  • (Spenser)
  • An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See pall mall.
  • (Cotton)
  • A place where the game of mall was played.
  • A public walk; a level shaded walk.
  • * Southey
  • Part of the area was laid out in gravel walks, and planted with elms; and these convenient and frequented walks obtained the name of the City Mall .
  • (US, Australia) A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  • pedestrian mall
  • * 2002 , Alexander Garvin, The American City: What Works, What Doesn?t , page 179,
  • America?s first pedestrianized shopping mall' opened in 1959 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Like most later pedestrian ' malls , it was intended to revive what everybody thought was a decaying downtown.
  • An enclosed shopping centre.
  • * 2004 , Ralph E. Warner, Get a Life: You Don?t Need a Million to Retire Well , unnumbered page,
  • Every day, at about the time the rest of us go to work, groups of retirees gather at many of America?s enclosed shopping malls .
  • * 2010 , Greg Holden, Starting an Online Business For Dummies , unnumbered page,
  • In addition to Web site kits, ISPs, and businesses that specialize in Web hosting, online shopping malls provide another form of Web hosting.

    Derived terms

    * mallcore * mallgoth * mall rat * shopping mall

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise.
  • To build up with the development of shopping malls.
  • (informal) To shop at the mall.
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