merchandise vs inventory

inventory vs merchandise

merchandise and inventory both are nouns.

merchandise and inventory both are verbs.

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

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

merchandise: items for sale to the individual consumer
inventory: the merchandise that a shop has on hand

Other hyponyms of merchandise include cargo, consignment, 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, stock, top of the line, piece goods, yard goods, merchandise, merchandising.

merchandise (noun)	inventory (noun)
items for sale to the individual consumer	making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand
branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups	the merchandise that a shop has on hand
	a collection of resources
	a detailed list of all the items in stock
	(accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including raw materials and work in progress and finished goods

merchandise (verb)	inventory (verb)
engage in the trade of	make or include in an itemized record or report

Difference between merchandise and inventory

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