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Conveyor vs Conveyance - What's the difference?

conveyor | conveyance |

As nouns the difference between conveyor and conveyance

is that conveyor is a person that conveys, transports or delivers while conveyance is an act or instance of conveying.

As a verb conveyance is

to transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.

conveyor

English

Alternative forms

* conveyour (obsolete) * conveyer (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person that conveys, transports or delivers.
  • Anything that conveys, transports or delivers.
  • Words are a conveyor of meaning.
  • A mechanical arrangement for transporting material or objects, generally over short or moderate distances, as from one part of a building to another.
  • Derived terms

    * conveyor belt

    conveyance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * conveyaunce

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act or instance of conveying.
  • #(lb) A manner of conveying one's thoughts, a style of communication.
  • #*1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
  • #*:She told me, not thinking I had been myself, that I was the prince's jester, that I was duller than a great thaw; huddling jest upon jest with such impossible conveyance upon me, that I stood like a man at a mark, with a whole army shooting at me.
  • A means of transporting, especially a vehicle.
  • *
  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
  • An instrument transferring title of an object from one person or group of persons to another.
  • Verb

    (conveyanc)
  • (legal) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.