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Bostal vs Postal - What's the difference?

bostal | postal |

As a noun bostal

is (sussex) a small road leading up a hill.

As an adjective postal is

relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.

bostal

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Sussex) a small road leading up a hill.
  • * 1916 , Sheila Kaye-Smith, Sussex Gorse: The Story of a Fight
    • When the practice was over it was still light, and Robert and Bessie turned inevitably along the little bostal that trickles through the fields...
  • * 1965 , Geoffrey Jules Marcus, Before the lamps went out
    • ...up the chalky bostals over the Downs from the secluded villages and hamlets...

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    postal

    English

    Adjective

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  • Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.
    • postal worker
    for all your postal needs
    work in the postal industry

    Related terms

    * post * post office * postally used * go postal

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