Somebody asked in Linked In...regarding the difference between Peddling and Vending?

Inherently there is no difference. There is no debate that to peddle is to sell by moving around eg. a street hawker. Similarly vending also is selling and can be interchanged with peddling except that you would have vending machines but not really a peddling machine.

I guess as the language evolves the usage of words keep changing though the meanings could be same or similar. Typically a sales person would be happy if you say that he is selling rather than peddling. And of course a street drug(of the wrong kind) seller would rather be known to be as peddling drugs.

So the differentiation is in how you would want to use the words and not really their inherent meaning!! Sphere: Related Content