right definition needed urgent

the right definition for a person selling hot dogs in the street from a movable trolley on wheels is:

1)vendor

2)peddler

Originally Posted by andreafinzi

the right definition for a person selling hot dogs in the street from a movable trolley on wheels is:

1)vendor

2)peddler

These are vendors.
People that travels around selling their stuff on street corners, festivals or flea markets are known as peddlers. :D

Originally Posted by Natalie27

These are vendors.
People that travels around selling their stuff on street corners, festivals or flea markets are known as peddlers. :D

One more thing, pedlerrs usually sell a bunch of junk...dollar store type of stuff.

[Tdol]

Or drugs

Originally Posted by Natalie27

One more thing, pedlerrs usually sell a bunch of junk...dollar store type of stuff.

Well, technically peddler has the following etymological roots.

[Middle English pedlere, probably alteration of peddere, from Medieval Latin pedrius, crosier bearer, from Latin ps, ped-, foot. See pedi-.]

A vendor is anyone who sells stuff. (Vend). It can be in a store, in a cart, anything. They can be a one time thing or they can be regulars. The slight connotational difference is that a peddler is a transient. Not necessarily always walking or on foot but they are not fixtures anywhere. They move about.

The connotation is that a peddler "peddles" or walks, his goods about. "Vendor" has no such connotation, it just denotes someone who is selling something(s)

-Nah-