Courier vs Freight - What's the difference?
courier | freight |
A person who looks after and guides tourists.
A person who delivers messages.
A company that delivers messages.
A company that transports goods.
(internet) A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
* 2005 , Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Software Piracy Exposed (page 2)
Payment for transportation.
Goods or items in transport.
Transport of goods.
(label) Cultural or emotional associations.
As nouns the difference between courier and freight
is that courier is a person who looks after and guides tourists while freight is payment for transportation.As verbs the difference between courier and freight
is that courier is to deliver by courier while freight is to transport (goods).As a proper noun Courier
is a monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.courier
English
Noun
(en noun)- These sites have enormous hard drives and bandwidth for couriers to distribute the software from one site to the next.
Synonyms
* (person who looks after and guides tourists) guide, rep, tourist guide * (person who delivers messages) messenger * (company that delivers messages) * (company that transports goods) * (user who uploads to a topsite)freight
English
Noun
(-)- The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
- The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
- They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.
- A wedding ring is small, but it has massive emotional freight .
