Trade vs Shop - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between trade and shop

is that trade is buying and selling of goods and services on a market 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 verbs the difference between trade and shop

is that trade is to engage in trade while 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

trade
English
(wikipedia trade)
Noun

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

I did no trades with them once the rumors started.

(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

* 1989 , (Bruce Pandolfini), Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps , ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pocVITTr8tMC&pg=PA225&dq=trade]:

EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.

* 2009 , Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time , ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nQd8MHuaXysC&pg=PA60&dq=trade]:

When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.

(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade .

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

He learned his trade as an apprentice.

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(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

Even before noon there was considerable trade .

(mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

They rode the trades going west.

* James Horsburgh

the north-east trade

(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .

(uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.

Josh picked up some trade last night.

(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.

* Dryden

the house and household goods, his trade of war

(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.

* Surrey

A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A common trade to pass through Priam's house.

* Spenser

Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade .

* Shakespeare

Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of common trade , where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.

(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

* Udall

the right trade of religion

* Spenser

There those five sisters had continual trade .

* Massinger

Long did I love this lady, / Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.

* Shakespeare

Thy sin's not accidental but a trade .

Quotations
* (English Citations of "trade")
Derived terms
* antitrade/anti-trade * balance of trade * basket trade * block trade * bullet trade * carbon trade * carriage trade * carry trade * carousel trade * cash and carry trade * coasting trade * countertrade * cross-trade * day trade * fair trade * free trade * horse trade * invisible trade * jack of all trades * motor trade * off-trade * on-trade * out trade * paper trade * rag trade * restraint of trade * rough trade * reverse of trade * slave trade * spot trade * stock-in-trade * terms of trade * trade barrier * trade card * trade deficit * trade dispute * trade fair * trade magazine * trade mark/trademark * trade name * trade newspaper * trade-off * trade route * trade secret * trade show * trade standard * trade surplus * trade term * trade union * trade war * trade wind * trader * tradesman * tradesperson * uptick trade * visible trade
Synonyms
* (the commercial exchange of goods and services) commerce * (the collective people who perform a particular kind of skilled work) business * (the skilled practice of a practical occupation) craft * (An instance of buying and selling) deal, barter * (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers) patronage
Verb
(trad)
To engage in trade

This company trades in precious metal.

* Arbuthnot

a free port, where nations resorted with their goods and traded

To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

To give (something) in exchange for.

Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?

To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

* Shakespeare

How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?

Quotations
* (English Citations of "trade")
Derived terms
* insider trading * trade in * tradable
Synonyms
* (engage in the trade of) deal * (be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions) * (give something in exchange for) exchange, swap, switch * (do business) do business, make a deal
See also
* buy * sell
Anagrams
* ----
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
Related terms
* shoppe
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)

Anagrams
* 1000 English basic words