As nouns the difference between email and postcard
is that email is a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document while postcard is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard one side carries a picture or photograph.
As a verb email
is an alternative spelling of lang=en.
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
postcard
Alternative forms
* post card
Noun
(
en noun)
A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard one side carries a picture or photograph.
See also
* letter
