Shipment vs. Dispatch — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shipment and Dispatch
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Shipment
The action of shipping goods
Logs waiting for shipment
Dispatch
Send off to a destination or for a purpose
The government dispatched 150 police to restore order
He dispatched messages back to base
Shipment
The act or an instance of shipping goods.
Dispatch
Deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently
The Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the opposition
Shipment
A quantity of goods or cargo that are shipped together.
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Dispatch
The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose
A resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force
Shipment
A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship)
We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow.
Dispatch
An official report on state or military affairs
In his battle dispatch he described the gunner's bravery
Shipment
The act of transporting goods
Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.
Dispatch
The killing of someone or something
The executioner's merciful dispatch of his victims
Shipment
The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West.
Dispatch
To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.
Shipment
That which is shipped.
The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemnation by reason of his neutral domicle.
Dispatch
A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
Shipment
Goods carried by a large vehicle
Dispatch
An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.
Shipment
The act of sending off something
Dispatch
A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
Dispatch
(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
Dispatch
(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Dispatch
(transitive) To rid; to free.
Dispatch
(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
Dispatch
To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
Dispatch
To hurry.
Dispatch
To deprive.
Dispatch
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.
Dispatch
The act of doing something quickly.
We must act with dispatch in this matter.
Dispatch
A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
Dispatch
(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
Dispatch
(obsolete) A dismissal.
Dispatch
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch weThe business we have talked of.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work.
Dispatch
To rid; to free.
I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
Dispatch
To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the country . . . they perish among the lumber of garrets.
Dispatch
To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
Even with the speediest expeditionI will dispatch him to the emperor's cou .
Dispatch
To send out of the world; to put to death.
The company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords.
Dispatch
To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
They have dispatched with Pompey.
Dispatch
The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
Dispatch
Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts.
Dispatch
The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
Serious business, craving quick dispatch.
To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space.
Dispatch
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.
Dispatch
A message transmitted by telegraph.
Dispatch
An official report (usually sent in haste)
Dispatch
The act of sending off something
Dispatch
The property of being prompt and efficient;
It was done with dispatch
Dispatch
Killing a person or animal
Dispatch
Send away towards a designated goal
Dispatch
Complete or carry out;
Discharge one's duties
Dispatch
Kill intentionally and with premeditation;
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Dispatch
Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;
He dispatched the task he was assigned
Dispatch
Kill without delay;
The traitor was dispatched by the conspirators
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