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Postcard vs Deltiology - What's the difference?

postcard | deltiology |

As nouns the difference between postcard and deltiology

is that 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 while deltiology is the study and collection of postcards.

postcard

English

(wikipedia 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

    deltiology

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The study and collection of postcards.

    • Hypernyms

    * (study and collection of postcards)

    Derived terms

    *

    References

    * “ deltiology]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989