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Courier vs Precursor - What's the difference?

courier | precursor | Related terms |

Courier is a related term of precursor.


As a proper noun courier

is a monospace font that resembles the characters produced by a typewriter.

As a noun precursor is

that which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.

courier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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)
    • 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)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To deliver by courier.
    • We'll have the contract couriered to you.

    precursor

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (chiefly obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.
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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
  • (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

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