trading post vs general store

trading post and general store both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of trading post include country store.

trading post (noun)	general 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