Trade vs Substitute - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between trade and substitute

is that trade is while substitute is to use in place of something else, with the same function.

As a noun substitute is

a replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.

trade

English

(wikipedia trade)

Noun

(uncountable) Buying and selling of goods and services on a market.

(countable) A particular instance of buying or selling.

I did no trades with them once the rumors started.

(countable) An instance of bartering items in exchange for one another.

* 1989 , (Bruce Pandolfini), Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps , ISBN 0671656902, "Glossary" section, page 225 [http://books.google.com/books?id=pocVITTr8tMC&pg=PA225&dq=trade]:

EXCHANGE — A trade or swap of no material profit to either side.

* 2009 , Elliott Kalb and Mark Weinstein, The 30 Greatest Sports Conspiracy Theories of All Time , ISBN 9781602396784, page 60 [http://books.google.com/books?id=nQd8MHuaXysC&pg=PA60&dq=trade]:

When Golden State matched the Knicks' offer sheet, the Warriors and Knicks worked out a trade that sent King to New York for Richardson.

(countable) Those who perform a particular kind of skilled work.

The skilled trades were the first to organize modern labor unions.

(countable) Those engaged in an industry or group of related industries.

It is not a retail showroom. It is only for the trade .

(countable) The skilled practice of a practical occupation.

He learned his trade as an apprentice.

* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=

, title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2, url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL4103950W , passage=But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal.}}

(uncountable, UK) The business given to a commercial establishment by its customers.

Even before noon there was considerable trade .

(mostly, in the plural) Steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator.

They rode the trades going west.

* James Horsburgh

the north-east trade

(only as plural) A publication intended for participants in an industry or related group of industries.

Rumors about layoffs are all over the trades .

(uncountable, LGBT, slang) A brief sexual encounter.

Josh picked up some trade last night.

(obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of any occupation.

* Dryden

the house and household goods, his trade of war

(mining) Refuse or rubbish from a mine.

(obsolete) A track or trail; a way; a path; passage.

* Surrey

A postern with a blind wicket there was, / A common trade to pass through Priam's house.

* Spenser

Hath tracted forth some salvage beastes trade .

* Shakespeare

Or, I'll be buried in the king's highway, / Some way of common trade , where subjects' feet / May hourly trample on their sovereign's head.

(obsolete) Course; custom; practice; occupation.

* Udall

the right trade of religion

* Spenser

There those five sisters had continual trade .

* Massinger

Long did I love this lady, / Long was my travel, long my trade to win her.

* Shakespeare

Thy sin's not accidental but a trade .

Quotations

* (English Citations of "trade")

Derived terms

* antitrade/anti-trade * balance of trade * basket trade * block trade * bullet trade * carbon trade * carriage trade * carry trade * carousel trade * cash and carry trade * coasting trade * countertrade * cross-trade * day trade * fair trade * free trade * horse trade * invisible trade * jack of all trades * motor trade * off-trade * on-trade * out trade * paper trade * rag trade * restraint of trade * rough trade * reverse of trade * slave trade * spot trade * stock-in-trade * terms of trade * trade barrier * trade card * trade deficit * trade dispute * trade fair * trade magazine * trade mark/trademark * trade name * trade newspaper * trade-off * trade route * trade secret * trade show * trade standard * trade surplus * trade term * trade union * trade war * trade wind * trader * tradesman * tradesperson * uptick trade * visible trade

Synonyms

* (the commercial exchange of goods and services) commerce * (the collective people who perform a particular kind of skilled work) business * (the skilled practice of a practical occupation) craft * (An instance of buying and selling) deal, barter * (the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers) patronage

Verb

(trad)

To engage in trade

This company trades in precious metal.

* Arbuthnot

a free port, where nations resorted with their goods and traded

To be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions.

To give (something) in exchange for.

Will you trade your precious watch for my earring?

To do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.

To have dealings; to be concerned or associated (with).

* Shakespeare

How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth?

Quotations

* (English Citations of "trade")

Derived terms

* insider trading * trade in * tradable

Synonyms

* (engage in the trade of) deal * (be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions) * (give something in exchange for) exchange, swap, switch * (do business) do business, make a deal

Anagrams

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substitute

English

Verb

(substitut)

To use in place of something else, with the same function.

I had no shallots so I substituted onion.

In the phrase "substitute X for Y", to use X in place of Y. With increasing frequency used in the semantically opposite sense (see the OED's notes).

I had to substitute new parts for the old ones.

In the phrase "substitute X with/by Y", to use Y in place of X; to replace X with Y

I had to substitute old parts with the new ones. (This usage was formerly proscribed.)

(sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.

He was playing poorly and was substituted after twenty minutes

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini. }}

To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)

* 1987 , , Essays in Economics, Vol. 2 , p. 75

Accumulation of wealth by this route may substitute for personal saving.

Usage notes

The verb "to substitute" can be used transitively in two opposite ways. "To substitute X" may mean either "use X in place of something else" (as in definitions 1 and 2), or "use something else in place of X" (as in definitions 3 and 4). The latter use is more recent, but it is widespread and now generally accepted (see the COED's note on the matter). However, if the indirect object (the "something else") is omitted, the preposition is also omitted, and the reader or hearer cannot tell which sense is meant: * "Substitute butter for olive oil" = Use butter instead of olive oil * "Substitute olive oil for butter" = Use olive oil instead of butter * "Substitute butter" = ??? * "Substitute olive oil" = ???

Noun

(en noun)

A replacement or stand-in for something that achieves a similar result or purpose.

* De Quincey

Ladies [in Shakespeare's age] wore masks as the sole substitute known to our ancestors for the modern parasol.

(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=David Ornstein , title=Macc Tel-Aviv 1 - 2 Stoke , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Dean Whitehead opened the scoring shortly after the break with a low finish and substitute Peter Crouch sealed the win with a tap-in.}}

(historical) One who enlists for military service in the place of a conscript.

Synonyms

* See also