What's the difference between browse and shop?

Browse


Definition:

  • (n.) The tender branches or twigs of trees and shrubs, fit for the food of cattle and other animals; green food.
  • (n.) To eat or nibble off, as the tender branches of trees, shrubs, etc.; -- said of cattle, sheep, deer, and some other animals.
  • (n.) To feed on, as pasture; to pasture on; to graze.
  • (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer.
  • (v. i.) To pasture; to feed; to nibble.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The latest annual report from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has revealed that there was 582,727 requests for phone, web browsing and location data – commonly known as “metadata” – that can reveal detailed information about a person’s personal lives and associations.
  • (2) They spend more time playing games (14 minutes), listening to music (16 minutes), using social media (17 minutes) and browsing online (25 minutes).
  • (3) There is serious fun to be had browsing its huge bottled beer menu, which runs the gamut of new wave UK breweries, including Kernel, Wild Beer, Hardknott, Camden, and their US inspirations, such as Left Hand and Magic Hat.
  • (4) Google: £14.4m In August, the search engine's parent company agreed to pay the US Federal Trade Commission $22.5m after admitting it monitored the browsing activity of Safari users who had selected the "do not track" privacy setting.
  • (5) Only Orange's pay monthly deals come with Wi-Fi access and they only include a paltry 750MB of Wi-Fi browsing – again through BT Openzone's network of hotspots.
  • (6) Delivered straight to your device Enjoy the full range of Guardian content, beautifully designed for Windows 10 phones, tablets, and desktops Read offline, wherever you are Browse award-winning audio, video and interactive content, as well as full-screen galleries Ask Cortan to open the Guardian app directly to your favourite section or topic Download now from the Windows store Download now -> Windows app FAQs
  • (7) One tool prepares publication-quality pictorial representations of alignments, while another facilitates interactive browsing of pairwise alignment data.
  • (8) Saudi Arabia's Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) said BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) had successfully completed "part of the regulatory requirements" over the weekend, allowing a temporary reprieve to the ongoing threat of a blockage to services including email and web browsing on the company's handsets.
  • (9) No relation to Ann Widdecombe 1 Advent calendar Receiving it on Christmas Day makes me 100% confident I won't be facing the disappointment of finishing it too early 2 Nog I don't like eggs but I love a bit of eggnog, think how good nog would be without the eggs holding it back 3 WH Smith's voucher Keep in my wallet for guilt free hours of magazine browsing all year round 4 Quality Street Always have a present you can instantly re-wrap and give to someone else 5 Bath bomb Take cover!
  • (10) President Donald Trump was expected to sign legislation on Wednesday allowing internet service providers to sell the browsing habits of their customers.
  • (11) By far the most popular activity during the 119 minutes a day given over to the small screen is web browsing, which accounts for 24 minutes.
  • (12) The online auction service has been redesigned with a focus on bigger images and a touchscreen interface, making it the perfect way to browse from the sofa.
  • (13) Technical copies When internet users browse the web, their computer makes a copy of the webpage they are visiting in order to display it on the screen.
  • (14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Museum of the World microsite enables users to browse exhibits according to age and area of origin.
  • (15) In a submission in advance of the hearing, the commissioner, Christopher Graham, said there are serious issues to be tried about whether the data generated by web browsing is personal and whether personal damage can include non-monetary harm.
  • (16) I saw a large group of middle-aged people browsing sheets of paper pinned to camellia bushes spouting vivid pink blooms.
  • (17) Oh, the stories were just better with that lot – like the time Harris was browsing some old photos, saw himself standing beside a Rolls-Royce, and started ringing round his ex-wives to find out if he had ever owned such a car.
  • (18) Google is facing a preliminary anti-monopoly probe by the European Commission into its dominant position in online browsing and digital advertising following allegations that it demotes competing websites to the lower echelons of customers' search results.
  • (19) Jorn Lyssegen, chief executive of Meltwater, said he was "very pleased that the supreme court over-ruled the previous rulings by the court of appeals and the high court that the simple act of browsing the internet could be copyright infringement".
  • (20) And if you're looking for iOS apps, browse the archives of Best iPhone and iPad apps roundups instead.

Shop


Definition:

  • () imp. of Shape. Shaped.
  • (n.) A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.
  • (n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.
  • (v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Ofcom will conduct research, such as mystery shopping, to assess the transparency of contractual information given to customers by providers at the point of sale".
  • (2) But not only did it post a larger loss than expected, Amazon also projected 7% to 18% revenue growth over the busiest shopping period of the year, a far cry from the 20%-plus pace that had convinced investors to overlook its persistent lack of profit in the past.
  • (3) The M&S Current Account, which has no monthly fee, is available from 15 May and is offering people the chance to bank and shop under one roof.
  • (4) Half the bullet got me and the other half went into a shop window across the road.
  • (5) He was burnt alive along with three customers as flames from the car set his carpet shop ablaze.
  • (6) Shop staff must be trained in the procedure and a record kept of the training.
  • (7) The ceremony is the much-anticipated shop window for the Games, and Boyle was brought in to provide the creative vision.
  • (8) The mayor of London had said in a Twitter exchange in July that it was a “ludicrous urban myth” that Britain’s premier shopping street was one of the world’s most polluted thoroughfares, saying that the capital’s air quality was “better than Paris and other European cities”.
  • (9) Given how Bank forecasts have been all over the shop, it is possible that the Old Lady's spreadsheet wizards could scupper Mr Carney's plans by spying a speck of price pressure and panicking about it turning into a giant inflationary boulder.
  • (10) The company abandoned plans to build a second savoury factory in the East Midlands, as well as its Greggs Moment coffee shops which it had been trialling since 2011.
  • (11) Although 400 positions have been saved , a further 425 shop workers and head office staff have definitely lost their jobs.
  • (12) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.
  • (13) It acts as a one-stop shop bringing together credit unions and other organisations, such as Five Lamps , a charity providing loans, and white-goods providers willing to sell products with low-interest repayments.
  • (14) The last time I saw Ruqayah was in the summer of 2014, in a chain cafe in Cairo’s largest shopping mall.
  • (15) Ready to be fleeced and swamped, I wandered cautiously along Laugavegur past the lovely independent shops, the clean, friendly streets and ended up in a fun hipsterish bar called the Lebowski, where they serve Tuborg and the craft burgers are named things like The Walter (I ordered The Nihilist).
  • (16) The rioting began on Wednesday after a deadly argument between a Muslim gold shop owner and his Buddhist customers in Meikhtila.
  • (17) The Butcher’s Arms Herne Facebook Twitter Pinterest Martyn Hillier at the Butcher’s Arms Now a place of pilgrimage and inspiration, the Butcher’s Arms was established by Martyn Hillier in 2005 when he opened for business in the three-metre by four-metre front room of a former butcher’s shop.
  • (18) Raindrops on Roses Photograph: Felix Clay This boutique style, high-end gift shop in St Albans is one of a new breed of charity shops.
  • (19) To mark World Aids Day, THT is opening a charity shop in Soho Estates’ Walkers Court development in central Soho.
  • (20) It adds that the number of deals signed in relation to betting shops alone in 2012-13 was 77% greater than the number signed in in 2007-08.

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