Transport vs. Deliver — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Transport and Deliver
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Transport
Transport (BE) or transportation (AE) is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. In other words, the action of transport is defined as a particular movement of an organism or thing from a point A (a place in space) to a point B. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, and space.
Deliver
To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute
Deliver groceries.
Deliver the mail.
Transport
Take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship
The bulk of freight traffic was transported by lorry
Deliver
To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over
Delivered the criminal to the police.
Transport
Overwhelm (someone) with a strong emotion, especially joy
She was transported with pleasure
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Deliver
To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party
Campaign workers who delivered the ward for the mayor.
Transport
A system or means of conveying people or goods from place to place
Air transport
Many possess their own forms of transport
Deliver
To throw or hurl
The pitcher delivered the ball.
Transport
An overwhelmingly strong emotion
Art can send people into transports of delight
Deliver
To strike (a blow).
Transport
To move or carry (goods, for example) from one place to another; convey.
Deliver
To express in words; declare or utter
Deliver a lecture.
Transport
To cause to feel strong emotion, especially joy; carry away; enrapture.
Deliver
To give birth to
She delivered a baby boy this morning.
Transport
To send abroad to a penal colony; deport.
Deliver
To assist or aid in the birth of
The midwife delivered the baby.
Transport
The act of transporting; conveyance.
Deliver
To assist (a woman) in giving birth
The doctor delivered her of twins.
Transport
The condition of being transported by emotion; joy or rapture.
Deliver
To give forth or produce
An oil well that delivered thousands of barrels a day.
Transport
A ship or aircraft used to transport troops or military equipment.
Deliver
To set free, as from captivity, peril, or evil
Deliver a captive from slavery.
Transport
A vehicle, such as an aircraft, used to transport passengers, mail, or freight.
Deliver
To set free from restraint or danger.
Deliver a captive from the prison
Transport
The system of transporting passengers or goods in a particular country or area.
Deliver
(process) To do with birth.
Transport
The vehicles, such as buses and trains, used in such a system.
Deliver
To assist in the birth of.
The doctor delivered the baby
Transport
A deported convict.
Deliver
To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
The duchess was delivered of a son
The doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
Transport
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
To transport goods; to transport troops
Deliver
To give birth to.
She delivered a baby boy yesterday
Transport
(historical) To deport to a penal colony.
Deliver
To free from or disburden of anything.
Transport
(figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
Music transports the soul.
Deliver
To bring or transport something to its destination.
Deliver a package
Deliver the mail
Transport
An act of transporting; conveyance.
Deliver
To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
Deliver the thief to the police
Transport
The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
Deliver
To produce what is expected or required.
Transport
A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.)
Deliver
To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
Deliver a speech
Transport
(Canada) A tractor-trailer.
Deliver
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
To deliver a blow
Transport
The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
Deliver
To discover; to show.
Transport
A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
Deliver
(medicine) To administer a drug.
Transport
(historical) A deported convict.
Deliver
(rare) Capable, agile, or active.
Transport
To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops.
Deliver
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.
He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
Promise was that IShould Israel from Philistian yoke deliver.
Transport
To carry, or cause to be carried, into banishment, as a criminal; to banish.
Deliver
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.
Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
The constables have delivered her over.
The exalted mindAll sense of woe delivers to the wind.
Transport
To carry away with vehement emotion, as joy, sorrow, complacency, anger, etc.; to ravish with pleasure or ecstasy; as, music transports the soul.
[They] laugh as if transported with some fitOf passion.
We shall then be transported with a nobler . . . wonder.
Deliver
To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
Till he these words to him deliver might.
Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection.
Transport
Transportation; carriage; conveyance.
The Romans . . . stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war.
Deliver
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.
An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.
Transport
A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; - called also transport ship, transport vessel.
Deliver
To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; - often with of.
She was delivered safe and soon.
Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
Transport
Vehement emotion; passion; ecstasy; rapture.
With transport views the airy rule his own,And swells on an imaginary throne.
Say not, in transports of despair,That all your hopes are fled.
Deliver
To discover; to show.
I 'll deliverMyself your loyal servant.
Transport
A convict transported, or sentenced to exile.
Deliver
To deliberate.
Transport
Something that serves as a means of transportation
Deliver
To admit; to allow to pass.
Transport
An exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
Deliver
Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
Wonderly deliver and great of strength.
Transport
The commercial enterprise of transporting goods and materials
Deliver
Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);
The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students
Transport
A state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion;
Listening to sweet music in a perfect rapture
Deliver
Bring to a destination, make a delivery;
Our local super market delivers
Transport
A mechanism that transport magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
Deliver
To surrender someone or something to another;
The guard delivered the criminal to the police
Render up the prisoners
Render the town to the enemy
Fork over the money
Transport
Move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
Deliver
Free from harm or evil
Transport
Move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body;
You must carry your camping gear
Carry the suitcases to the car
This train is carrying nuclear waste
These pipes carry waste water into the river
Deliver
Hand over to the authorities of another country;
They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
Transport
Hold spellbound
Deliver
Pass down;
Render a verdict
Deliver a judgment
Transport
Transport commercially
Deliver
Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.);
The students delivered a cry of joy
Transport
Send from one person or place to another;
Transmit a message
Deliver
Save from sins
Deliver
Carry out or perform;
Deliver an attack
Deliver a blow
The boxer drove home a solid left
Deliver
Relinquish possession or control over;
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Deliver
Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;
The pitcher delivered the ball
Deliver
Give birth (to a newborn);
My wife had twins yesterday!
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