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Communication vs Missive - What's the difference?

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Communication is a related term of missive.


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between communication and missive

is that communication is (obsolete) association; company while missive is (obsolete) one who is sent; a messenger.

As nouns the difference between communication and missive

is that communication is the act or fact of communicating anything; transmission while missive is (formal) a written message; a letter, note or memo.

As an adjective missive is

specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.

communication

English

Noun

(wikipedia communication) (en noun)
  • The act or fact of communicating anything; transmission.
    • communication of smallpox
    communication of a secret
  • (uncountable) The concept or state of exchanging data or information between entities.
    • Some say that communication is a necessary prerequisite for sentience; others say that it is a result thereof.
    The node had established communication with the network, but had as yet sent no data.
  • A message; the essential data transferred in an act of communication.
    • Surveillance was accomplished by means of intercepting the spies' communications .
  • The body of all data transferred to one or both parties during an act of communication.
    • The subpoena required that the company document their communication with the plaintiff.
  • An instance of information transfer; a conversation or discourse.
    • The professors' communications consisted of lively discussions via email.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Argument and friendly communication .
  • A passageway or opening between two locations; connection.
    • A round archway at the far end of the hallway provided communication to the main chamber.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe.
  • (anatomy) A connection between two tissues, organs, or cavities.
  • * 1855, William Stokes, The Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta Page 617
    • ...and here a free communication had been established between the aorta and the vena cava.
  • (obsolete) association; company
  • * Bible, 1 Corinthians xv. 33
    • Evil communications corrupt manners.
  • Participation in the Lord's supper.
    • (Bishop Pearson)
  • (rhetoric) A trope by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says "we" instead of "I" or "you".
    • (Beattie)

    Related terms

    * communications (the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means) * communicate * communicator * communion

    Derived terms

    * anticommunication * communication disorder * communication engineering * communications satellite * confidential communication * excommunication * miscommunication * noncommunication * privileged communication * telecommunication ----

    missive

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (formal) A written message; a letter, note or memo.
  • * 2008 , Claire Armistead, The Guardian , 25 Oct 2008:
    • The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity - the problems of ageing, of invaded privacy, of becoming vain and impetuously adopting children from other continents.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick , Chapter 71:
    • "Curses throttle thee!" yelled Ahab. "Captain Mayhew, stand by now to receive it"; and taking the fatal missive from Starbuck's hands, he caught it in the slit of the pole, and reached it over towards the boat.
  • (obsolete) One who is sent; a messenger.
    • Whiles I stood rapt in the wonder of it came missives from the King, who all hailed me ‘Thane of Cawdor,’ by which title these Weird Sisters saluted me and referred me to the coming on of time with ‘Hail king that shalt be.’

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Specially sent; intended or prepared to be sent.
    • a letter missive
    (Ayliffe)
  • missile
  • * Dryden
    • The missive weapons fly.
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