The difference between Deal and Sell

When used as nouns, deal means a division, a portion, a share, whereas sell means an act of selling.

When used as verbs, deal means to distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share, whereas sell means to transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

Deal is also adjective with the meaning: made of deal.

check bellow for the other definitions of Deal and Sell

  1. Deal as a noun (obsolete):

    A division, a portion, a share.

    Examples:

    "We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king."

  2. Deal as a noun (often followed by ''of''):

    An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by or ).

    Examples:

    "synonyms: batch flock good deagreat deahatfuheap load lot mass mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew"

  1. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one's portion or share.

    Examples:

    "The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory."

  2. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To administer or give out, as in small portions.

  3. Deal as a verb (ambitransitive):

    To distribute cards to the players in a game.

    Examples:

    "I was dealt four aces."

    "The cards were shuffled, and the croupier dealt."

  4. Deal as a verb (baseball):

    To pitch.

    Examples:

    "The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger."

  5. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To have dealings or business.

  6. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To conduct oneself, to behave.

  7. Deal as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To take action; to act.

  8. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To trade professionally (followed by in).

    Examples:

    "She deals in gold."

  9. Deal as a verb (transitive):

    To sell, especially to sell illicit drugs.

    Examples:

    "This club takes a dim view of members who deal drugs."

  10. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To be concerned with.

  11. Deal as a verb (intransitive):

    To handle, to manage, to cope.

    Examples:

    "I can't deal with this."

    "I don't think he wants to go. — Yeah, well, we're going anyway, and he can deal."

  1. Deal as a noun (archaic, _, in general sense):

    An act of dealing or sharing out.

  2. Deal as a noun:

    The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this.

    Examples:

    "I didn’t have a good deal all evening."

    "I believe it's your deal."

  3. Deal as a noun:

    A particular instance of buying or selling; a transaction

    Examples:

    "We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight."

  4. Deal as a noun:

    Specifically, a transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.

  5. Deal as a noun:

    An agreement between parties; an arrangement

    Examples:

    "He made a deal with the devil."

  6. Deal as a noun (informal):

    A situation, occasion, or event.

    Examples:

    "What's the deal?"

  7. Deal as a noun (informal):

    A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object.

    Examples:

    "The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork."

  1. Deal as a noun (uncountable):

    Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)

  2. Deal as a noun (countable):

    A plank of softwood (fir or pine board)

  3. Deal as a noun (countable, archaic):

    A wooden board or plank, usually between 12 or 14 feet in length, traded as a commodity in shipbuilding.

  1. Deal as an adjective:

    Made of deal.

    Examples:

    "A plain deal table"

  1. Sell as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

    Examples:

    "I'll sell you all three for a hundred dollars."

    "Sorry, I'm not prepared to sell."

  2. Sell as a verb (ergative):

    To be sold.

    Examples:

    "This old stock will never sell."

    "The corn sold for a good price."

  3. Sell as a verb:

    To promote a product or service.

  4. Sell as a verb:

    To promote a particular viewpoint.

    Examples:

    "My boss is very old-fashioned and I'm having a lot of trouble selling the idea of working at home occasionally."

  5. Sell as a verb:

    To betray for money.

  6. Sell as a verb (slang):

    To trick, cheat, or manipulate someone.

  7. Sell as a verb (professional wrestling, slang):

    To pretend that an opponent's blows or maneuvers are causing legitimate injury; to act.

  1. Sell as a noun:

    An act of selling.

    Examples:

    "This is going to be a tough sell."

  2. Sell as a noun:

    An easy task.

  3. Sell as a noun (colloquial, dated):

    An imposition, a cheat; a hoax; a disappointment; anything occasioning a loss of pride or dignity.

  1. Sell as a noun (obsolete):

    A seat or stool.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Fairfax"

  2. Sell as a noun (archaic):

    A saddle.

  1. Sell as a noun (regional, obsolete):

    A rope (usually for tying up cattle, but can also mean any sort of rope).

    Examples:

    "He picked up the sell from the straw-strewn barn-floor, snelly sneaked up behind her and sleekly slung it around her swire while scryingː "dee, dee ye fooking quhoreǃ"."

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