Item vs. Product

Item vs. Product — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Item and Product

Itemnoun

A distinct physical object.

Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.

Productnoun

A commodity offered for sale.

That store offers a variety of products.We've got to sell a lot of product by the end of the month.

Itemnoun

An object that can be picked up for later use.

Productnoun

Any preparation to be applied to the hair, skin, nails, etc.

Wash excess product out of your hair.

Itemnoun

A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.

the items in a billIn response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.

Productnoun

Anything that is produced; a result.

The product of last month's quality standards committee is quite good, even though the process was flawed.
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Itemnoun

(psychometrics) A question on a test, which may include its answers.

The exam has 100 items, each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.

Productnoun

The amount of an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.

They improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production.

Itemnoun

A matter for discussion in an agenda.

The first item for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.

Productnoun

A consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.

Skill is the product of hours of practice.His reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue.

Itemnoun

(informal) Two people who are having a relationship with each other.

Jack and Jill are an item.

Productnoun

(chemistry) A chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction.

This is a product of lime and nitric acid.
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Itemnoun

A short article in a newspaper.

an item concerning the weather

Productnoun

(arithmetic) A quantity obtained by multiplication of two or more numbers.

The product of 2 and 3 is 6.The product of 2, 3, and 4 is 24.

Itemnoun

(obsolete) A hint; an innuendo.

Productnoun

(mathematics) Any operation or a result thereof which generalises multiplication of numbers, like the multiplicative operation in a ring, product of types or a categorical product.

Itemverb

(transitive) To make a note of.

Productnoun

Any tangible or intangible good or service that is a result of a process and that is intended for delivery to a customer or end user.

Itemadverb

likewise

Productnoun

Illegal drugs, especially cocaine, when viewed as a commodity.

I got some product here – you buying?

Itemnoun

a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list;

he noticed an item in the New York Timesshe had several items on her shopping listthe main point on the agenda was taken up first

Productnoun

commodities offered for sale;

good business depends on having good merchandisethat store offers a variety of products

Itemnoun

a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection;

they reduced the price on many items

Productnoun

an artifact that has been created by someone or some process;

they improve their product every yearthey export most of their agricultural production

Itemnoun

a small part that can be considered separately from the whole;

it was perfect in all details

Productnoun

a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances;

skill is the product of hours of practicehis reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue

Itemnoun

an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole;

several of the details are similara point of information

Productnoun

a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical reaction;

a product of lime and nitric acid

Itemnoun

an individual instance of a type of symbol;

the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'

Productnoun

a quantity obtained by multiplication;

the product of 2 and 3 is 6

Itemadverb

(used when listing or enumerating items) also;

a length of chain, item a hook

Productnoun

the set of elements common to two or more sets;

the set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things