ware vs yard goods

yard goods vs ware

ware and yard goods both are nouns.

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

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

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

ware: items for sale to the individual consumer
yard 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, piece goods, merchandise, merchandising.

ware (noun)	yard 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)	yard goods (verb)
spend extravagantly

Difference between ware and yard goods

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