Shopping vs Nonshopping - What's the difference?
shopping | nonshopping |
(uncountable) Searching for or buying goods or services.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=2 (uncountable) Recently bought goods.
(countable, South America) A shopping center.
* 2013 , Karen Keller, Portuguese For Dummies (page 131)
Not involved in shopping.
Not of or pertaining to shopping.
As a verb shopping
is present participle of lang=en.As a noun shopping
is searching for or buying goods or services.As an adjective nonshopping is
not involved in shopping.shopping
English
Verb
(head)Noun
citation, passage=Mother
- In Brazil, shoppings are more associated with the middle and upper classes.
Usage notes
In English, it is common to say do the shopping'' or ''go shopping . SeeDerived terms
* home shopping * shopping bag * shopping basket * shopping bot * shopping cart * shopping center * shopping centre * shopping list * shopping mall * shopping trolley * window shoppingAnagrams
* ----nonshopping
English
Adjective
(-)- the nonshopping users of the car park
- nonshopping activities