Dispatch vs. Deliver — What's the Difference?

Send off to a destination or for a purpose

To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute

Deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently

To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over

The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose

To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party

An official report on state or military affairs

To throw or hurl

The killing of someone or something

To strike (a blow).

To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.

To express in words; declare or utter

A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.

To give birth to

An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.

To assist or aid in the birth of

A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.

To assist (a woman) in giving birth

(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.

To give forth or produce

(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.

To set free, as from captivity, peril, or evil

(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

To set free from restraint or danger.

(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

(process) To do with birth.

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

To assist in the birth of.

(transitive) To rid; to free.

To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).

(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.

To give birth to.

To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

To free from or disburden of anything.

To hurry.

To bring or transport something to its destination.

To deprive.

To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.

To produce what is expected or required.

The act of doing something quickly.

To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.

A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.

To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.

(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.

To discover; to show.

(obsolete) A dismissal.

(medicine) To administer a drug.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

(rare) Capable, agile, or active.

To rid; to free.

To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; - often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.

To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; - often with up or over, to or into.

To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.

To send out of the world; to put to death.

To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.

To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; - often with of.

The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

To discover; to show.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

To deliberate.

The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

To admit; to allow to pass.

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

Free; nimble; sprightly; active.

A message transmitted by telegraph.

Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);

An official report (usually sent in haste)

Bring to a destination, make a delivery;

The act of sending off something

To surrender someone or something to another;

The property of being prompt and efficient;

Free from harm or evil

Killing a person or animal

Hand over to the authorities of another country;

Send away towards a designated goal

Pass down;

Complete or carry out;

Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.);

Kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Save from sins

Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;

Carry out or perform;

Kill without delay;

Relinquish possession or control over;

Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;

Give birth (to a newborn);