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Deli vs. Shop — What's the Difference?

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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