ware vs piece goods

piece goods vs ware

ware and piece goods both are nouns.

ware is a verb but piece goods is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ware	Yes	No	Yes	No
piece goods	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, piece goods is a hyponym of ware; that is, piece goods is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ware:

ware: items for sale to the individual consumer
piece goods: merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard

Other hyponyms of ware include cargo, consignment, freight, lading, load, loading, payload, shipment, contraband, feature, generic, ironmongery, irregular, second, business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line, number, refill, release, dreck, schlock, shlock, software package, software product, inventory, stock, top of the line, yard goods, merchandise, merchandising.

ware (noun)	piece goods (noun)
articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'	merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard
items for sale to the individual consumer

ware (verb)	piece goods (verb)
spend extravagantly

Difference between ware and piece goods

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