Delivery vs. Dispatch — What's the Difference?

The act of conveying or delivering.

Send off to a destination or for a purpose

Something delivered, as a shipment or package.

Deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently

The act of transferring to another.

The sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose

(Law) A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another

An official report on state or military affairs

The act of giving up; surrender.

The killing of someone or something

The act or manner of throwing or discharging.

To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.

The act of giving birth; parturition.

A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.

Utterance or enunciation

An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.

The act or manner of speaking or singing

A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.

The act of releasing or rescuing.

(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.

The act of conveying something.

(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.

The item which has been conveyed.

(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

The act of giving birth

(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

(baseball) A pitching motion.

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

(baseball) A thrown pitch.

(transitive) To rid; to free.

The manner of speaking.

(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.

(medicine) The administration of a drug.

To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

(cricket) A ball bowled.

To hurry.

(curling) The process of throwing a stone.

To deprive.

(genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.

(football) A cross or pass

The act of doing something quickly.

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.

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.

(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

(obsolete) A dismissal.

The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

To rid; to free.

The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail);

To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

The event of giving birth;

To send out of the world; to put to death.

Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally;

To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

Recovery or preservation from loss or danger;

The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

The act of delivering a child

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

A message transmitted by telegraph.

An official report (usually sent in haste)

The act of sending off something

The property of being prompt and efficient;

Killing a person or animal

Send away towards a designated goal

Complete or carry out;

Kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;

Kill without delay;