sale vs selloff

selloff vs sale

sale and selloff both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sale	Yes	No	No	No
selloff	Yes	No	No	No

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

sale: an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
selloff: a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade

Other hyponyms of sale include bazaar, fair, boot sale, car boot sale, clearance sale, inventory-clearance sale, closeout, fire sale, fire sale, garage sale, yard sale, going-out-of-business sale, realisation, realization, jumble sale, rummage sale, white sale.

sale (noun)	selloff (noun)
a particular instance of selling	a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
the general activity of selling
an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)
the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling

Difference between sale and selloff

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