Salesman is a hypernym of vendor.
As nouns the difference between vendor and salesman
is that vendor is a person or a company that vends or sells while salesman is a man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
vendor
Alternative forms
* vender
Noun
A person or a company that vends or sells.
Synonyms
* merchant
* seller
Related terms
* vend
* vending machine
* vendor bid
See also
* Spanish: vender (to sell)
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salesman
English
Noun
(salesmen)
A man whose job it is to sell things, either in a shop / store or elsewhere.
Antonyms
* saleswoman
Hypernyms
* salesperson
* seller
* vendor
Derived terms
* salesmanship
* travelling salesman
* travelling salesman problem