Mail vs Test - 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 :
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
A , trial.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=Colin Allen
, title=Do I See What You See?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=168
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(academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to evaluate its durability, etc.
A Test match.
(marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars]] and sea urchins.
(botany) Testa; seed coat.
Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
* Dryden
To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
To .
To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle or standard; to try.
* Washington
(academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its durability, etc.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=
, title= (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
(chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
(obsolete) A witness.
* Ld. Berners
As nouns the difference between mail and test
is that mail is while test is .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.
page 189:
- '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
* ----test
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) ; see terra, thirst.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
- Who would excel, when few can make a test / Betwixt indifferent writing and the best?
Synonyms
* (challenge) challenge, trial * (sense) quiz, examinationAntonyms
* (challenge) breeze * (sense) recessDerived terms
* acid test * babysitter test * blood test * flame test * inkblot test * litmus test * nose test * Rorschach test * smell test * smoke test * sniff test * stress test * test case * tester * test tubeDescendants
* German: (l) * Dutch: (l)Verb
(en verb)- Climbing the mountain tested our stamina.
- to test''' the soundness of a principle; to '''test the validity of an argument
- Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing constitution.
Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.}}
- to test a solution by litmus paper
Descendants
* German: (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl) tester, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- Prelates and great lords of England, who were for the more surety tests of that deed.