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Emailed vs Mailed - What's the difference?

emailed | mailed |

As verbs the difference between emailed and mailed

is that emailed is past tense of email while mailed is past tense of mail.

As an adjective mailed is

armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.

emailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (email)

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    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)

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    * English heteronyms ----

    mailed

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mail)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
  • (lb) Spotted.
  • * 1888 , Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies , page 169:
    • from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mail)
    • Related terms
    * mail

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