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Shipping vs. Delivery — What's the Difference?

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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