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Showroom vs Storefront - What's the difference?

showroom | storefront |

As nouns the difference between showroom and storefront

is that showroom is a room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products while storefront is the side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street; usually contains display windows.

As a verb 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.

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.

    storefront

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street; usually contains display windows

    • Synonyms

    *shopfront

    Usage notes

    * Storefront is more common in the US, shopfront in the UK