traffic vs commerce

commerce vs traffic

traffic and commerce both are nouns.

traffic is a verb but commerce is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
traffic	Yes	No	Yes	No
commerce	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, commerce is a hypernym of traffic; that is, commerce is a word with a broader meaning than traffic:

traffic: buying and selling; especially illicit trade
commerce: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)

Other hypernyms of traffic include commercialism, mercantilism.

traffic (noun)	commerce (noun)
buying and selling; especially illicit trade	transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')	social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time
the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

traffic (verb)	commerce (verb)
deal illegally
trade or deal a commodity

Difference between traffic and commerce

Words related to "commerce"

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