marketplace vs public square

public square vs marketplace

marketplace and public square both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
marketplace	Yes	No	No	No
public square	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, public square is a hyponym of marketplace; that is, public square is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than marketplace:

marketplace: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
public square: a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece

Other hyponyms of marketplace include agora, bazaar, bazar, food market, grocery, grocery store, market, market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace, slave market, agora.

marketplace (noun)	public square (noun)
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold	a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up	an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

Difference between marketplace and public square

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