different between postcode vs zip

English

Etymology

From post +? code.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s(t)k??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?po?s(t)?ko?d/
• Hyphenation: post?code

Noun

postcode (plural postcodes)

1. (Australia, Britain, New Zealand) A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
2. (by extension) The region denoted by a postcode.

Derived terms

• postcode lottery

Translations

See also

• postal code
• zip code (for US addresses)

Verb

postcode (third-person singular simple present postcodes, present participle postcoding, simple past and past participle postcoded)

1. (Britain) To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.

Anagrams

• topcodes

Dutch

Etymology

Compound of post +? code.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?st?ko?.d?/
• Hyphenation: post?co?de

Noun

postcode m (plural postcodes)

1. A postcode, a postal code.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: z?p, IPA^(key): /z?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
2. (informal) Energy; vigor; vim.
3. (Britain, New Zealand) A zip fastener.
4. (slang) Zero; nothing.

   I know zip about economics.

5. A trip on a zipline.
6. (computing, informal) A zip file.
7. (programming) Synonym of convolution (“type of mapping function”)
8. (slang) An ounce of marijuana.

Synonyms

• (sound): whizz, zing
• (fastener): slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US)

Translations

Interjection

zip

1. (onomatopoeia) Imitative of high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.

Synonyms

• whee, whizz, zing

Translations

Verb

zip (third-person singular simple present zips, present participle zipping, simple past and past participle zipped)

1. (transitive) To close with a zip fastener.
2. (transitive, figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.

   zip one's lip

3. (transitive, computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
4. (transitive, programming) To subject to the convolution mapping function.
5. (intransitive) (followed by a preposition) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.

   The bullet zipped through the air.

6. (intransitive, colloquial) (followed by a preposition) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).

   Zip down to the shops for some milk.

7. (transitive) To make (something) move quickly
8. To travel on a zipline.

Synonyms

• (close with a zip fastener): zip up

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

zip (plural zips)

1. Ellipsis of zip code.

Translations

Spanish

Noun

zip m (plural zips)

1. (computing) zip