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Export vs Outbound - What's the difference?

export | outbound |

As nouns the difference between export and outbound

is that export is export (the act of exporting) while outbound is (logistics) an outbound shipment.

As an adjective outbound is

leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.

export

English

Adjective

(-)
  • of or relating to exportation or exports

    • Noun

    (wikipedia export)
  • (countable) something that is exported
    • Oil is the main export of Saudi Arabia.
  • (uncountable) the act of exporting
    • The export of fish is forbidden in this country.

    Synonyms

    * (the act of exporting ): exportation

    Antonyms

    * (something that is exported ): import * (the act of exporting ): import, importation

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to carry away
  • * Francis Bacon
    • [They] export honour from a man, and make him a return in envy.
  • to sell (goods) to a foreign country
    • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.
  • to cause to spread in another part of the world
  • (computing): to send (data) from one program to another
  • to put up (a child) for international adoption.

    • Synonyms

    * (to carry away ): remove

    Antonyms

    * (to sell (goods) to a foreign country ): import

    Derived terms

    * exportability * exportable * exportation * exporter

    outbound

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.

    • Antonyms

    * inbound

    Related terms

    * outbounds

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logistics) An outbound shipment.