Mail vs Service - What's the difference?
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*1499 , (John Skelton), The Bowge of Courte :
*:What, loo, man, see here of dyce a bale; / A brydelynge caste for that is in thy male !
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
The material conveyed by the postal service.
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*1823 ,
*:The following are the hours at which the letter-box of this office is closed for making up the several mails', and the hours at which each ' mail is despatched: ¶
*1887 , John Houston Merrill (editor),
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. Mail bags, so I understand, are being put on board. Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place.
(lb) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
The postal service or system in general.
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(lb) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
:(Sir Walter Scott)
(label) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
(label) To send by electronic mail.
* 1983 , "Donn Seeley", Source for 'Grab' '' (on newsgroup ''net.unix-wizards )
* 1998 , "Michael Tomsett", Re: Multiple postings?'' (on newsgroup ''alt.music.manics )
* 2003 , "Chrissy", Re: Send mail with attachment'' (on newsgroup ''microsoft.public.excel.programming )
(label) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
* 2000 , "Carlton Alton Deltree", Whoever did this sucks...'' (on newsgroup ''alt.comp.virus )
* 2002 , Jessica Mann, The voice from the grave ,
* 2011 , Rose Budworth-Levine, Intimate Encounters ,
(label) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
(label) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
* (rfdate) John Gay:
A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
* 1653 , Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler :
An act of being of assistance to someone.
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, title= (economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= (computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
The military.
A set of dishes or utensils.
(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
A religious rite or ritual.
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, title= (legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
(Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
A musical composition for use in churches.
(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
* Shakespeare
(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
To serve.
To perform maintenance.
(transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse
(vulgar) To perform a sexual act.
As nouns the difference between mail and service
is that mail is while service is service (eg in a restaurant) or service can be service, set.English
(wikipedia mail)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) male, (etyl) . Compare Dutch maal.Noun
The stranger in Liverpool; or, An historical and descriptive view of the town of Liverpool and its environs], Seventh Edition, T. Kaye, [http://books.google.com/books?id=FsQHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA96 page 96,
The American and English Encyclopædia of Law], Volume I, Edward Thompson, [http://books.google.com/books?id=75ENAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121 p.121,
- If he retains the account, and permits several mails to pass without objecting to it, he will be held to have admitted its correctness.
Usage notes
In the United States, mails (plural) can mean "the postal system".Synonyms
* (postal system) post (UK, Ireland, other dialects?)Derived terms
{{der3, accountable mail , air mail , carry the mail , chain mail , e-mail , email , electronic mail , fan mail , hate mail , junk mail , mailbag , mail boat , mail bomb , mailbox , mail call , mail carrier , mail fraud , mailman , mailmerge , mail order , mail plane , mail relay , mailroom , mail slot , mail stop , mail train , mail truck , mails , snail mail , surface mail , voice mail , vote-by-mail , webmail}}Verb
(en verb)- Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.
- There has been a crackdown on non-ARPA use of a local ARPA gateway, so I am reluctant to attempt to mail the file to ARPA sites.
- Since .mp3's are so big (well for me with a 33.6kp/s connection they are anyway) maybe you should offer on your site to mail the file to people who want it, and have them request it, thus saving your web space, your upload time and their download time
- If you mail an attachment from one mail client then it does not matter if the receiver uses a different mail client. The mail you send should be able to be read from their mail client.
- I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.
- I was horrified but my data was OK. Then, it saw it open my e-mail package and start to mail my friends. I turned the power off.
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- 'Yes, at Quantico. She was so excited by it, she sent all those emails, you remember I told you about it -' 'Yes, she mailed me from there too.'
page 41:
- He mailed me and said he had managed to hack into my email accounts.
Synonyms
* (send through the mail) postDerived terms
{{der3, mailer , mailing}}Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Alternative forms
* mailleNoun
(-)- We strip the lobster of his scarlet mail .
- the moorish-fly; made with the body of duskish wool; and the wings made of the blackish mail of the drake
Derived terms
{{der3, chain mail , plate mail , scale mail , mailed , mailler}}Etymology 3
(etyl) mal, male from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* maile * maill * mailleDerived terms
{{der3, blackmail , mails and duties}}Anagrams
* ----service
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m) (French: (m)), from the verb (m) < (etyl) (m), from .Noun
(en noun)- I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}
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- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service , which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.
- Pray, do my service to his majesty.
Usage notes
In British English, the indefinite article “a” is often used with “good service”, as in “A good service is operating on all London Underground lines,” while this is not used in American English.Antonyms
* (action or work that is produced and consumed) good * capitalDerived terms
* accept service * advisory service * all-up service * answering service * bond service * church service * civil service * client service * community service * curb service * customer service * debt service * denial of service * denture service * dinner service * diplomatic service * disservice * divine service * ecological service * emergency service * escort service * extension service * eyeservice * fanservice * fee-for-service * food service * foreign service * full-service * health service * ill service * in service * lip service * memorial service * military service * multiservice * national service * online service * out of service * personal service * postal service * power service * prayer service * public service * quality of service * room service * secret service * Secret Service * selective service * self-service * service area * service book * service break * service bureau * service call * service cap * service ceiling * service center * service charge * service club * service contract * service court * service dog * service door * service elevator * service line * service loop * service mark * service module * service of process * service pipe * service plaza * service provider * service road * service station * service stripe * serviceman * servicewoman * shared service * silent service * silver service * social service * substituted service * table service * tea service * unservice * unserviced * web service * wire service * yeoman's serviceVerb
(servic)- They service the customer base.
- He is going to service the car.
- He was going to service her.