Bazaar vs. Supermarket — What's the Difference?

A bazaar or souk, is a permanently enclosed marketplace or street where goods and services are exchanged or sold. The term bazaar originates from the Persian word bāzār.

A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market.

A market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East.

A large self-service shop selling foods and household goods.

A shop or a part of a store in which miscellaneous articles are sold.

A large self-service retail market that sells food and household goods.

A fair or sale at which miscellaneous articles are sold, often for charitable purposes.

A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.

A marketplace, particularly in the Middle East and South Asia, and often covered with shops and stalls.

A chain of such stores.

A shop selling articles that are either exotic or eclectic.

(figurative) A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services.

A fair or temporary market, often for charity.

A large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

A spacious hall or suite of rooms for the sale of goods, as at a fair.

A fair for the sale of fancy wares, toys, etc., commonly for a charitable purpose.

A shop where a variety of goods are sold

A street of small shops (especially in Orient)

A sale of miscellany; often for charity;