Shipping vs. Delivery — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shipping and Delivery
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Shipping
The act or business of transporting goods.
Delivery
The act of conveying or delivering.
Shipping
An amount charged for transporting goods.
Delivery
Something delivered, as a shipment or package.
Shipping
The body of ships belonging to one port, industry, or country, often referred to in aggregate tonnage.
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Delivery
The act of transferring to another.
Shipping
Passage or transport on a ship.
Delivery
(Law) A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another
Delivery of a deed.
Shipping
The transportation of goods.
Delivery
The act of giving up; surrender.
Shipping
The body of ships belonging to one nation, port or industry; ships collectively.
Delivery
The act or manner of throwing or discharging.
Shipping
Passage or transport on a ship.
Delivery
The act of giving birth; parturition.
Shipping
The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
The shipping is included in the quoted price.
Delivery
Utterance or enunciation
The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.
Shipping
Navigation.
Delivery
The act or manner of speaking or singing
A folk singer's casual delivery.
Shipping
Present participle of ship
Delivery
The act of releasing or rescuing.
Shipping
Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
Delivery
The act of conveying something.
The delivery was completed by four.
Delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
Shipping
Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
Delivery
The item which has been conveyed.
Your delivery is on the table.
Shipping
The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
Delivery
The act of giving birth
The delivery was painful.
Shipping
The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
Delivery
(baseball) A pitching motion.
His delivery has a catch in it.
Shipping
Navigation.
Delivery
(baseball) A thrown pitch.
Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
Shipping
The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
Delivery
The manner of speaking.
The actor's delivery was flawless.
Shipping
Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry
Delivery
(medicine) The administration of a drug.
Drug delivery system
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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