Deli vs. Shop — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Deli and Shop
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Deli
A delicatessen.
Shop
Also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.
Deli
(informal) A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving.
Delis usually offer a broader, fresher menu than fast food chains.
Shop
An atelier; a studio.
Deli
(informal) Food sold at a delicatessen.
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Shop
A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.
Deli
A shop selling delicatessen (as salads or cooked meats)
Shop
A commercial or industrial establishment
A printing shop.
Shop
A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.
Shop
A home workshop.
Shop
A schoolroom fitted with machinery and tools for instruction in industrial arts.
Shop
The industrial arts as a technical science or course of study.
Shop
To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.
Shop
To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.
Shop
To visit or buy from (a particular store).
Shop
An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
Shop
A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
Shop
A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
Shop
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
Shop
Discussion of business or professional affairs.
Shop
A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
Shop
An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
A barber shop
Shop
An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
This is where I do my weekly shop.
Shop
(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.
He’s shopping for clothes.
Shop
(transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
Shop our new arrivals.
Shop
To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
He shopped his mates in to the police.
Shop
To imprison.
Shop
To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
Shop
(dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant
Shop
A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
From shop to shopWandering, and littering with unfolded silksThe polished counter.
Shop
A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
A tailor called me in his shop.
Shop
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.
Shop
A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;
Shop
Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.
Shop
The group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.
Shop
To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.
He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping.
Shop
A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services;
He bought it at a shop on Cape Cod
Shop
Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done
Shop
A course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity);
I built a birdhouse in shop
Shop
Do one's shopping;
She goes shopping every Friday
Shop
Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Shop
Shop around; not necessarily buying;
I don't need help, I'm just browsing
Shop
Give away information about somebody;
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
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