Catalog versus Catalogue

What is the Difference Between Catalog and Catalogue?


When to Choose Catalog

Catalog is sometimes a noun, and sometimes a verb.

When catalog is a noun, it refers to a complete list of items, like the mail-order advertising pamphlets sent to millions of American homes on a regular basis.

When catalog is a verb, it means to list items in systematic fashion.

Here are some examples,

  • Pa used to the pages of the Sears catalog as toilet paper in the outhouse. (Noun)

  • The clerk read out the list of charges like a catalog of cardinal sins. (Noun)

  • Beauregard told his assistance to catalog of the documents in the storage closet. (Verb)

    Summary

    Is it catalog or catalogue? Catalog and catalogue are two spelling variants of the same word, which as a noun means a list of items, and as a verb means to make such a list.

    Catalog is preferred in American English.
    Catalogue is the British spelling.

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