mail vs transport

transport vs mail

mail and transport both are nouns.

mail and transport both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mail	Yes	No	Yes	No
transport	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, transport is a hypernym of mail; that is, transport is a word with a broader meaning than mail:

mail: a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system
transport: something that serves as a means of transportation

Other hypernyms of mail include conveyance.

mail (noun)	transport (noun)
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings	the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials
a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system	the act of moving something from one location to another
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office	something that serves as a means of transportation
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service	a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered	an exchange of molecules (and their kinetic energy and momentum) across the boundary between adjacent layers of a fluid or across cell membranes
	a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion

mail (verb)	transport (verb)
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place	move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
send via the postal service	send from one person or place to another
	hold spellbound
	move something or somebody around; usually over long distances
	transport commercially

Difference between mail and transport

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