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Email vs Password - What's the difference?

email | password |

As nouns the difference between email and password

is that email is enamel while password is a word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.

As a verb password is

(computing|transitive) to protect with a password.

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 ----

    password

    English

    (wikipedia password)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
  • (computing) A string of characters used to log in to a computer or network, to access a level in a video game, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * (word used to gain admittance) watchword * passcode * (abbreviation) pw, pwd, pword, pass

    See also

    * passphrase

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To protect with a password.

    • See also

    * login * passphrase * PIN ----