merchandise vs market

merchandise and market both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of merchandise include black market, run, traffic, arbitrage, traffic, import, export.

merchandise (noun)	market (noun)
items for sale to the individual consumer	the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups	a marketplace where groceries are sold
	an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
	the customers for a particular product or service
	the securities markets in the aggregate

merchandise (verb)	market (verb)
engage in the trade of	make commercial
	engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
	deal in a market
	buy household supplies