Mailed vs Delivered - What's the difference?
mailed | delivered |
(mail)
Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
(lb) Spotted.
* 1888 , Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies , page 169:
(mail)
(deliver)
(label) That has been, or will be, delivered in a specific manner.
As verbs the difference between mailed and delivered
is that mailed is (mail) or mailed can be (mail) while delivered is (deliver).As adjectives the difference between mailed and delivered
is that mailed is armoured in, protected by, or made of mail while delivered is (label) that has been, or will be, delivered in a specific manner.mailed
English
Etymology 1
From .Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From .Adjective
(en adjective)- from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.