department store vs mall

department store

noun
  • A large store containing many different departments, each of which deals in the sale of different goods or services. 

mall

noun
  • An enclosed shopping centre. 

  • A heavy wooden mallet or hammer used in the game of pall mall. 

  • A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct. 

  • A public walk; a level shaded walk, a promenade. 

verb
  • to build up with the development of shopping malls 

  • to shop at the mall 

  • to beat with a mall, or mallet; to beat with something heavy; to bruise 

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