different between delivery vs despatch

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?v(?)?i/
• Rhymes: -?v??i

Noun

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

2. The act of conveying something.

   The delivery was completed by four.

   delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

3. The item which has been conveyed.

   Your delivery is on the table.

4. The act of giving birth

   The delivery was painful.

5. (baseball) A pitching motion.

   His delivery has a catch in it.

6. (baseball) A thrown pitch.

   Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

7. The manner of speaking.

   The actor's delivery was flawless.

   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55

     I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery.
8. (medicine) The administration of a drug.

   Drug delivery system.

9. (cricket) A ball bowled.
10. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
11. (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

Hyponyms

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Translations

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English delivery.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.?li.ve.?i/

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries)

1. (Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)

   Synonym: entrega

Spanish

Etymology

From English delivery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?libe?i/, [d?e?li.??e.?i]

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

1. delivery

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??spæt?/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /d??spæt?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??spæt?/
• Rhymes: -æt?

Noun

despatch (countable and uncountable, plural despatches)

1. Alternative form of dispatch
   • 1843, William Hickling Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, Volume 1, 1957, page 31,

     The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station, […] .

Verb

despatch (third-person singular simple present despatches, present participle despatching, simple past and past participle despatched)

1. Alternative form of dispatch
   • 1833, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volumes 8-9, page 31,

     She fainted, was got into bed, and a messenger was despatched for me.

See also

• Mentioned in Despatches on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• chestpad