letter carrier vs carrier

carrier vs letter carrier

letter carrier and carrier both are nouns.

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

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

letter carrier and carrier: a man who delivers the mail

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

letter carrier (noun)	carrier (noun)
a man who delivers the mail	(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 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 letter carrier and carrier

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