The difference between Groceries and Grocery

When used as nouns, groceries means the commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store, whereas grocery means retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.


Grocery is also verb with the meaning: to go grocery shopping.

check bellow for the other definitions of Groceries and Grocery

  1. Groceries as a noun:

    The commodities sold by a grocer or in a grocery store.

    Examples:

    "She carried a sack of groceries in from her car and placed it on the kitchen table."

  2. Groceries as a noun:

    Examples:

    "There were two competing groceries in the neighborhood, but neither of them made much profit."

  1. Groceries as a verb:

  1. Grocery as a noun (usually [[groceries]]):

    retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.

  2. Grocery as a noun:

    A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

  1. Grocery as a verb (intransitive):

    To go grocery shopping.

  2. Grocery as a verb (transitive):

    To furnish with groceries.