merchandising vs commerce

commerce vs merchandising

merchandising and commerce both are nouns.

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

As nouns, commerce is a hypernym of merchandising; that is, commerce is a word with a broader meaning than merchandising:

merchandising: the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
commerce: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

Other hypernyms of merchandising include commercialism, mercantilism.

merchandising (noun)	commerce (noun)
the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money	transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
the business of drawing public attention to goods and services	social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups

Difference between merchandising and commerce

Words related to "commerce"

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