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sporting goods vs sports equipment

sports equipment vs sporting goods

sporting goods and sports equipment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sporting goods Yes No No No
sports equipment Yes No No No
As nouns, sports equipment is a hypernym of sporting goods; that is, sports equipment is a word with a broader meaning than sporting goods:
  • sporting goods: sports equipment sold as a commodity
  • sports equipment: equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
Other hypernyms of sporting goods include commodity, good, trade good.
sporting goods (noun) sports equipment (noun)
sports equipment sold as a commodity equipment needed to participate in a particular sport
Difference between sporting goods and sports equipment

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