different between listserve vs listserv

English

Etymology

From LISTSERV (a trademark), the first electronic mailing list software application, launched in 1986.

Noun

listserve (plural listserves)

1. (Internet) An electronic mailing list using the medium of e-mail.
   • 2001, B Gayle Twiname, Sandra M Boyd, Student nurse handbook: difficult concepts made easy

     For example, if you are interested in IV therapy nursing, there is a listserve for IV therapy nurses...

Anagrams

• rivetless, servilest, silverest

English

Alternative forms

• listserve

Etymology

Clipping of listserver

Noun

listserv (plural listservs)

1. (Internet) A type of electronic mailing list, allowing for distribution of email to many subscribers.
   • 2006, Mary E. Hawkesworth, Globalization and Feminist Activism (page 130)

     At subregional, regional, and global conferences, as well as through websites, listservs, cyberjournals, newsletters, and public reports and books, feminists from the South have articulated strategies to break down structural inequality […]