merchandise vs consignment

consignment vs merchandise

merchandise and consignment both are nouns.

merchandise is a verb but consignment is not a verb.

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

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

merchandise: items for sale to the individual consumer
consignment: goods carried by a large vehicle

Other hyponyms of merchandise include cargo, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment, contraband, feature, generic, ironmongery, irregular, second, business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line, number, refill, release, dreck, schlock, shlock, software package, software product, inventory, stock, top of the line, piece goods, yard goods, merchandise, merchandising.

merchandise (noun)	consignment (noun)
items for sale to the individual consumer	the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups	the delivery of goods for sale or disposal
	goods carried by a large vehicle

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

Difference between merchandise and consignment

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