merchandise vs merchandising

merchandising vs merchandise

merchandise and merchandising both are nouns.

merchandise is a verb but merchandising is not a verb.

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

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

merchandise: items for sale to the individual consumer
merchandising: branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

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, inventory, stock, top of the line, piece goods, yard goods, merchandise.

As nouns, merchandise and merchandising are synonyms defined as:

merchandise and merchandising: branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

merchandise (noun)	merchandising (noun)
items for sale to the individual consumer	the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups	the business of drawing public attention to goods and services
	branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

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

Difference between merchandise and merchandising

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