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Email vs Invoice - What's the difference?

email | invoice |

As nouns the difference between email and invoice

is that email is enamel while invoice is a bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with an invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.

As a verb invoice is

to bill; to issue an invoice.

email

English

(wikipedia email)

Etymology 1

(etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document
  • A type of dark ink
  • Etymology 2

    see e-mail

    Noun

  • Usage notes
    * Many speakers consider the spelling more correct; however, both spellings are quite common. * Noting that mail is not countable in common usage, certain style guides recommend against the countable use of , preferring such phrasings as email message; however, such countable use is quite common.
    Derived terms
    * email forward * email message * email digest

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    invoice

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a bill; a commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer indicating the products, quantities and agreed prices for products or services that the seller has already provided the buyer with. An invoice indicates that, unless paid in advance, payment is due by the buyer to the seller, according to the agreed terms.
  • The lot or set of goods as shipped or received.
  • The merchant receives a large invoice of goods.

    Synonyms

    * (lot or set of goods) shipment

    Verb

    (invoic)
  • to bill; to issue an invoice