Courier vs Postman - What's the difference?
courier | postman |
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)
(chiefly, British) someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.
* James Whishaw, A Synopsis of the Members of the English Bar
As nouns the difference between courier and postman
is that courier is a person who looks after and guides tourists while postman is someone (implied male) who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.As a verb courier
is to deliver by courier.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)postman
English
Noun
(postmen)- Postman of the Court of Exchequer.