department store vs mercantile establishment

mercantile establishment vs department store

department store and mercantile establishment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
department store	Yes	No	No	No
mercantile establishment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mercantile establishment is a hypernym of department store; that is, mercantile establishment is a word with a broader meaning than department store:

department store: a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
mercantile establishment: a place of business for retailing goods

Other hypernyms of department store include outlet, retail store, sales outlet.

department store (noun)	mercantile establishment (noun)
a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain	a place of business for retailing goods

department store vs mercantile establishment

department store and mercantile establishment both are nouns.

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