retail store vs marketplace

marketplace vs retail store

retail store and marketplace both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
retail store	Yes	No	No	No
marketplace	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, marketplace is a hyponym of retail store; that is, marketplace is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than retail store:

retail store: a place of business for retailing goods
marketplace: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

Other hyponyms of retail store include country store, general store, trading post, department store, emporium, discount house, discount store, discounter, wholesale house, market, market place, mart, center, centre, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall, shop, store, strip mall.

retail store (noun)	marketplace (noun)
a place of business for retailing goods	the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
	an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

Difference between retail store and marketplace

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