What is the difference between shipping and delivery?
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The transportation of goods.
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Passage or transport on a ship.
The cost of sending an item or package via postal services.
Navigation.
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The act of conveying something.
The item which has been conveyed.
The act of giving birth
(baseball) A pitching motion.
(baseball) A thrown pitch.
The manner of speaking.
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(medicine) administration of a drug
(cricket) A ball .
(curling) The process of throwing a stone.
As nouns the difference between shipping and delivery
is that shipping is the transportation of goods while delivery is the act of conveying something.As a verb shipping
is present participle of lang=en.shipping
English
(wikipedia shipping)Etymology 1
From (etyl) schipping, schyppynge, from (etyl) schippen, .Noun
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- God send 'em good shipping .
Derived terms
* shipping laneEtymology 2
From .Verb
(head)delivery
English
Noun
(deliveries)- The delivery was completed by four.
- delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
- Your delivery is on the table.
- The delivery was painful.
- ''His delivery has a catch in it.
- ''Here is the delivery ; ... strike three!
- The actor's delivery was flawless.
- I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery .
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- Drug delivery system .