What is the difference between boutique and shop?

What is the difference between boutique and shop?
Boutique is a synonym of shop. As nouns the difference between boutique and shop is that boutique is a small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like while shop is an establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well. As a adjective boutique is specialized in bespoke or custom-made products for clientele in a niche market. As a verb shop is to visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something. As a interjection shop is (used to attract the services of a shop assistant).

boutique

English

Adjective

()

  • Specialized in bespoke or custom-made products or services for clientele in a niche market.
  • : a boutique law firm

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • A small shop, especially one that sells fashionable clothes, jewelry and the like.
  • A small shop located within a larger one.
  • A film production company making only a few movies per year.
  • shop

    English

    Noun

    (en noun )

  • An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
  • * Cowper
  • From shop‘ to ‘ shop / Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks / The polished counter.
  • A place where things are crafted; a workshop or hobbyshop.
  • * Shakespeare
  • A tailor called me in his shop .
  • An automobile mechanic’s workplace.
  • Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk”, ”closed shop” and ”shop floor .
  • A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.
  • (business, computing) an organisation using specified programming languages or software, often exclusively.
  • Our company is mostly a Java shop .
  • An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
  • This is where I do my weekly shop .

    Synonyms

    * (establishment that sells goods) boutique, retail outlet, store (US); see also
    * (place where things are crafted) atelier, studio, workshop
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  • sense”>sense, automobile mechanic’s workplace) garage
    * (workplace) office, place of work, workplace
    * (wood shop) carpentry, wood shop, woodwork
    * (metal shop) metal shop, metalwork
  • Derived terms

    * beauty shop
    * bucket shop
    * charity shop
    * chip shop
    * close up shop
    * coffee shop
    * cop shop
    * corner shop
    * food shop
    * gift shop
    * like a bull in a china shop
    * one-stop shop
    * op shop
    * pawn shop
    * pet shop
    * Photoshop®
    * pound shop
    * repair shop
    * sex shop
    * shoe shop
    * shopaholic
    * shop assistant
    * shopfloor
    * shopfront
    * shopgirl
    * shophouse
    * shopkeep
    * shopkeeper
    * shopman
    * shop right
    * shop steward
    * shop talk
    * shopward
    * shopwards
    * shopworn
    * shut up shop
    * swap shop
    * sweet shop, sweet-shop, sweetshop
    * wood shop
    * workshop

    Verb

    (shopp)

  • To visit shops; to look around shops with the intention of buying something.
  • I went shopping early, before the Christmas rush.
    He’s shopping for clothes .
  • (transitive, slang, chiefly, UK) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
  • He shopped his mates in to the police.
  • (internet slang) Shorthand for photoshop ; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
  • Synonyms

    * (to report a criminal to authority) grass up (slang)

    Derived terms

    * shop around
    * shopper
    * shop till you drop
    * window shopping

    Interjection

    (en interjection )

  • (Used to attract the services of a shop assistant)