commodity vs merchandise

merchandise vs commodity

commodity and merchandise both are nouns.

commodity is not a verb while merchandise is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
commodity	Yes	No	No	No
merchandise	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, merchandise is a hyponym of commodity; that is, merchandise is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than commodity:

commodity: a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes
merchandise: items for sale to the individual consumer

Other hyponyms of commodity include basic, staple, consumer goods, drygoods, soft goods, entrant, export, exportation, fancy goods, fungible, future, import, importation, product, ware, middling, shopping, sporting goods, worldly good, worldly possession, salvage, physical goods, tangible goods.

commodity (noun)	merchandise (noun)
a raw material that is sold in large quantities, usually to other businesses for manufacturing or production purposes	items for sale to the individual consumer
	branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

commodity (verb)	merchandise (verb)
	engage in the trade of

Difference between commodity and merchandise

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