trading post vs country store

trading post and country store both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
trading post	Yes	No	No	No
country store	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, trading post and country store are synonyms defined as:

trading post and country store: a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise

Other synonyms of trading post include general store.

trading post (noun)	country store (noun)
a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise	a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise