Show vs Shop - What's the difference?
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To display, to have somebody see (something).
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, title= To bestow; to confer.
To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
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, title= To guide or escort.
To be visible, to be seen.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
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, title= (informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
(informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
(racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
(obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
(countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
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, title= (countable) An exhibition of items.
(countable) A demonstration.
(countable) A broadcast program/programme.
(countable) A movie.
(uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
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A project or presentation.
The major leagues.
(mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
(obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
* Bible, Luke xx. 46. 47
* (John Milton)
(medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
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A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
* Shakespeare
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.
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
(transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
(internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop ; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
As nouns the difference between show and shop
is that show is show, spectacle while shop is an establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.As a verb shop is
to visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.As an interjection shop is
(used to attract the services of a shop assistant).show
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Alternative forms
* shew (archaic)Verb
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}
- to show''' mercy; to '''show favour
Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}
- Just such she shows before a rising storm.
- All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed .}}
- My lord of York, it better showed with you.
Usage notes
In the past, shew'' was used as a past tense form and ''shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.Synonyms
* (display) display, indicate, point out, reveal, exhibit * (indicate a fact to be true) demonstrate, prove * (put in an appearance) arrive, show upAntonyms
* (display) conceal, cover up, hide * (indicate a fact to be true) disprove, refuteDerived terms
* show a clean pair of heels * show ankle * * show off * show one's true colors * show one's true stripes * show somebody the door * show upSee also
* showcase * showdownNoun
(en noun)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show . He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
- I envy none their pageantry and show .
- Let's get on with the show'''. Let's get this '''show''' on the road. They went on an international road '''show''' to sell the shares to investors. It was Apple's usual dog and pony ' show .
- (Raymond)
- Beware of the scribes,which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
- He through the midst unmarked, / In show plebeian angel militant / Of lowest order, passed.
Synonyms
* (exhibition) exhibition, exposition * (demonstration) demonstration, illustration, proof * program(me) * (mere display with no substance) , front, superficiality * (baseball) big leaguesDerived terms
* showbusiness, showbiz * show business * showlike * showy * talk showSee also
* showman * showpiece * show-stopper * show-stoppingStatistics
*shop
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Noun
(en noun)- From shop' to ' shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.
- A tailor called me in his shop .
- Our company is mostly a Java shop .
- 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, metalworkDerived 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 * workshopVerb
(shopp)- I went shopping early, before the Christmas rush.
- He’s shopping for clothes .
- He shopped his mates in to the police.