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    They are unrelated terms. What is your confusion?
    – Chenmunka
    Commented Mar 20, 2023 at 10:45
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    They are not 'totally' unrelated, because shopping can be an errand you do for someone. They just don't mean exactly the same thing.
    – Michael Harvey
    Commented Mar 20, 2023 at 13:13
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    Shopping is usually a type of errand, where you buy something(s). Dropping a letter at the post office is an errand, but isn't shopping. My French is iffy, but maybe "shopping" is "faire des achats"?
    – JonathanZ
    Commented Mar 20, 2023 at 20:10
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    okay I got you ! and I understand what you mean in french :) we can say that « errand » is like a task to do ? And « shopping » is a kind of errand !
    – eglantine
    Commented Mar 20, 2023 at 21:53
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    @eglantine I’m guessing you asked here because your app told you that both ‘errand’ and ‘shopping’ mean course(s) in French – and your app is correct. If you look at the TLFi definition of course, you can say that ‘errand’ is definition II.A.2 (“Parcours d'une longueur déterminée et avec un but précis”), while ‘shopping’ is specifically definition II.A.2.b (“Au plur. Déplacement pour divers achats”).
    – Janus Bahs Jacquet
    Commented Mar 21, 2023 at 10:51