commercialism vs mercantilism

commercialism and mercantilism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commercialism	Yes	No	No	No
mercantilism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, commercialism and mercantilism are synonyms defined as:

commercialism and mercantilism: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

Other synonyms of commercialism include commerce.

commercialism (noun)	mercantilism (noun)
transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)	transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
	an economic system (Europe in 18th century) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests