Hopping vs. Shopping — What's the Difference?

To move with light bounding skips or leaps.

Shopping is an activity in which a customer browses the available goods or services presented by one or more retailers with the potential intent to purchase a suitable selection of them. A typology of shopper types has been developed by scholars which identifies one group of shoppers as recreational shoppers, that is, those who enjoy shopping and view it as a leisure activity.Online shopping has become a major disruptor in the retail industry as consumers can now search for product information and place product orders across different regions.

(Informal) To move quickly or be busily active

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

To jump on one foot or with both feet at the same time.

An atelier; a studio.

To make a quick trip, especially in an airplane.

A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.

To travel or move often from place to place. Often used in combination

A commercial or industrial establishment

To move over by hopping

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

(Informal) To get on (a train) surreptitiously in order to ride without paying a fare

A home workshop.

To flavor with hops.

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

A light springy jump or leap, especially on one foot or with both feet at the same time.

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

A rebound

To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.

(Informal) A dance or dance party.

To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.

A short distance.

To visit or buy from (a particular store).

A short trip, especially by air.

Present participle of shop

A free ride; a lift.

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

A twining vine (Humulus lupulus) having lobed leaves and green female flowers arranged in conelike spikes.

Recently bought goods.

Hops The dried female inflorescences of this plant, containing a bitter aromatic oil. They are used in brewing to inhibit bacterial growth and to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.

An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

(Slang) Opium.

Placement in a workshop for overhaul.

(British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

Searching for or buying goods or services;

The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

Of a location, crowded with people.

The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

A gathering of hops.