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Workshop vs Merchant - What's the difference?

workshop | merchant |

As a noun workshop

is workshop (course of education).

As a proper noun merchant is

.

workshop

English

Noun

  • A room, especially one which is not particularly large, used for manufacturing or other light industrial work.
  • A brief, intensive course of education for a small group, emphasizing interaction and practical problem solving.
  • An academic conference.

    • Derived terms

    * idle hands are the devil's workshop * Santa's workshop

    Verb

  • To help a playwright revise a draft of (a play) by rehearsing it with actors and critiquing the results.
    • ----

    merchant

    English

    (wikipedia merchant)

    Alternative forms

    * merchaunt (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who traffics in commodities for profit.
  • The owner or operator of a retail business.
  • A trading vessel; a merchantman.
  • * 1611 , , II. i. 5:
    • Every day, some sailor's wife, / The masters of some merchant', and the ' merchant , / Have just our theme of woe.

    Derived terms

    * merchantable * merchant bank * merchant banker * merchant flag * merchant fleet * merchantman * merchant marine * mercantile * merchant navy * merchant prince * merchant seaman * merchant ship * merchant tailor * wine merchant

    Related terms

    * merchandise * commerce

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • As a resident of a region, to buy goods from a non-resident and sell them to another non-resident.
    • a merchanting service

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