mall vs shopping centre

mall

• 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. 

• 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 

shopping centre

• A large retail outlet consisting of several shops.