Difference between Bookstore and Bookshop

What is the difference between Bookstore and Bookshop?

Bookstore as a noun is a store where books are bought and sold while Bookshop as a noun is a shop which sells books.

Bookstore

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a store where books are bought and sold

Example sentence: I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Bookshop

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A shop which sells books.

We hope you now know whether to use Bookstore or Bookshop in your sentence.

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