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ac29 3 days ago

Supermarket and grocery store are basically synonyms in the US.

Walmart would be called a superstore or box store.

Dylan16807 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with your first statement, but I'd point it the other way around. I often call big supermarkets grocery stores even when I shouldn't. And I never use "superstore" or "box store".

I'm fine calling walmart a supermarket.

umanwizard 2 days ago | parent [-]

Language is clearly missing something if we don’t have a different word for Walmart, Target, etc. versus Albertsons, Fry’s, etc. I think if the latter set are grocery stores, then the former are clearly something else.

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