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Shopkeeper vs Shopkeep - What's the difference?

shopkeeper | shopkeep |

As nouns the difference between shopkeeper and shopkeep

is that shopkeeper is a trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door while shopkeep is a shopkeeper.

shopkeeper

English

(wikipedia shopkeeper)

Alternative forms

* shop keeper

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.

    • shopkeep

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A shopkeeper.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 10, author=Eric Wilson, title=On Fashion’s Night Out, Shopping Too, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=In Manhattan alone, you should not be able to walk two blocks Thursday night without a shopkeep handing you a glass of Champagne. }}

    Related terms

    * barkeep