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Delivery vs. Transportation — What's the Difference?

Delivery vs. Transportation — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Delivery and Transportation

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Delivery

The act of conveying or delivering.

Transportation

The act or an instance of transporting.

Delivery

Something delivered, as a shipment or package.

Transportation

The state of being transported.

Delivery

The act of transferring to another.
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Transportation

A means of conveyance
What kind of transportation did you take?.

Delivery

(Law) A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another
Delivery of a deed.

Transportation

The business of conveying passengers or goods
He works in transportation.

Delivery

The act of giving up; surrender.

Transportation

Deportation to a penal colony.

Delivery

The act or manner of throwing or discharging.

Transportation

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; conveyance, often of people, goods etc.
We have to get people out of their cars and encourage them to use alternative forms of transportation.

Delivery

The act of giving birth; parturition.

Transportation

(historical) Deportation to a penal colony.
Mulligan's sentence was commuted from death to transportation.

Delivery

Utterance or enunciation
The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.

Transportation

(US) A means of conveyance.
Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.

Delivery

The act or manner of speaking or singing
A folk singer's casual delivery.

Transportation

(US) A ticket or fare.

Delivery

The act of releasing or rescuing.

Transportation

The act of transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance.
To provide a vessel for their transportation.

Delivery

The act of conveying something.
The delivery was completed by four.
Delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

Transportation

Transport; ecstasy.

Delivery

The item which has been conveyed.
Your delivery is on the table.

Transportation

A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

Delivery

The act of giving birth
The delivery was painful.

Transportation

The act of transporting something from one location to another

Delivery

(baseball) A pitching motion.
His delivery has a catch in it.

Transportation

The sum charged for riding in a public conveyance

Delivery

(baseball) A thrown pitch.
Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

Transportation

The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966

Delivery

The manner of speaking.
The actor's delivery was flawless.

Transportation

The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials

Delivery

(medicine) The administration of a drug.
Drug delivery system

Transportation

The act of expelling a person from their native land;
Men in exile dream of hope
His deportation to a penal colony
The expatriation of wealthy farmers
The sentence was one of transportation for life

Delivery

(cricket) A ball bowled.

Delivery

(curling) The process of throwing a stone.

Delivery

(genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

Delivery

(football) A cross or pass

Delivery

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

Delivery

The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

Delivery

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

Delivery

The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

Delivery

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
Neater limbs and freer delivery.

Delivery

The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

Delivery

The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail);
His reluctant delivery of bad news

Delivery

The event of giving birth;
She had a difficult delivery

Delivery

Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally;
His manner of speaking was quite abrupt
Her speech was barren of southernisms
I detected a slight accent in his speech

Delivery

The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

Delivery

(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Delivery

Recovery or preservation from loss or danger;
Work is the deliverance of mankind
A surgeon's job is the saving of lives

Delivery

The act of delivering a child

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