Send vs. Deliver — What's the Difference?

To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination

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

To dispatch, as by a communications medium

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

To direct to go on a mission

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

To require or enable to go

To throw or hurl

To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer

To strike (a blow).

To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue

To express in words; declare or utter

To utter or otherwise emit (sound)

To give birth to

To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive

To assist or aid in the birth of

To cause to take place or occur

To assist (a woman) in giving birth

To put or drive into a given state or condition

To give forth or produce

(Slang) To transport with delight; carry away

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

To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message

To set free from restraint or danger.

To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail

(process) To do with birth.

To transmit a message or messages

To assist in the birth of.

Variant of scend.

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

To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

To give birth to.

To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).

To free from or disburden of anything.

(transitive) To bring to a certain condition.

To bring or transport something to its destination.

To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.

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

(transitive) To cause to be or to happen; to bring, bring about; (archaic) to visit: (Referring to blessing or reward) To bestow; to grant. (Referring to curse or punishment) To inflict. Sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

To produce what is expected or required.

To pitch.

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

To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.

To care.

To discover; to show.

(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.

(medicine) To administer a drug.

An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.

(rare) Capable, agile, or active.

(nautical) scend

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.

(Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.

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.

A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.

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

(climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.

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

To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.

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

To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.

To discover; to show.

To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.

To deliberate.

To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; - sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

To admit; to allow to pass.

To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

Free; nimble; sprightly; active.

To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.

Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);

The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.

Bring to a destination, make a delivery;

Cause to go somewhere;

To surrender someone or something to another;

To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place;

Free from harm or evil

Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;

Hand over to the authorities of another country;

Transport commercially

Pass down;

Assign to a station

Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.);

Transfer;

Save from sins

Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;

Carry out or perform;

Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;

Relinquish possession or control over;

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

Give birth (to a newborn);