carrier vs letter carrier

letter carrier vs carrier

carrier and letter carrier both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
carrier	Yes	No	No	No
letter carrier	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, carrier and letter carrier are synonyms defined as:

carrier and letter carrier: a man who delivers the mail

Other synonyms of carrier include mail carrier, mailman, postman.

carrier (noun)	letter carrier (noun)
(genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring	a man who delivers the mail
a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings
a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like
a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something
a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
(medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others
a boy who delivers newspapers
a man who delivers the mail
someone whose employment involves carrying something
a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

Difference between carrier and letter carrier

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