Branch vs. Shop — What's the Difference?

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.

Also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

An atelier; a studio.

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

A commercial or industrial establishment

A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.

A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.

A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.

A home workshop.

A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.

A schoolroom fitted with machinery and tools for instruction in industrial arts.

(Anatomy) An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

The industrial arts as a technical science or course of study.

An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas

To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.

A division of a business or other organization.

To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.

A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.

To visit or buy from (a particular store).

(Linguistics) A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

A tributary of a river.

A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.

Chiefly Southern US See creek. See Note at run.

A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.

A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.

Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.

(Mathematics) A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.

Discussion of business or professional affairs.

A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.

A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.

The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.

An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

(Chemistry) A bifurcation in a linear chain of atoms, especially in an organic molecule where isomeric hydrocarbon groups can vary in the location and number of these bifurcations of the carbon chain.

An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from

(transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

(Computers) To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.

To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

To separate (something) into branches.

To imprison.

To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.

To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

(dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; - sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.

A location of an organization with several locations.

A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

The group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services;

(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

A course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity);

(rail transport) A branch line.

Do one's shopping;

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

(intransitive) To produce branches.

Shop around; not necessarily buying;

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

Give away information about somebody;

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

(transitive) To strip of branches.

To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

A part of a forked or branching shape;

A natural consequence of development

A stream or river connected to a larger one

Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;