Difference between Deli and Delicatessen

What is the difference between Deli and Delicatessen?

Deli as a noun is a shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving. while Delicatessen as a noun is delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.

Deli

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A shop that sells cooked or prepared food ready for serving. Food sold at a delicatessen.

Example sentence: I have never really cooked, don't know how to use my dishwasher, and subsist mainly on prepared deli takeout. I don't even eat in restaurants much.

Delicatessen

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Delicacies; exotic or expensive foods.A shop that sells cooked or prepared foods ready for serving.

We hope you now know whether to use Deli or Delicatessen in your sentence.

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