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Wiki vs Email - What's the difference?

wiki | email |

As a proper noun wiki

is (proscribed) wikipedia.

As a noun email is

enamel.

wiki

English

(wikipedia wiki)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A collaborative website which can be directly edited merely by using a web browser, often by anyone with access to it.

    • Derived terms

    * interwiki

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To research on Wikipedia or some similar wiki.
    • To get an understanding of the topics, he quickly went online and wikied each one.
  • *
  • * '>citation
  • *
  • To conduct research on a wiki.
  • To contribute to a wiki.
  • *
  • *
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  • To participate in the wiki-based production of.
  • * '>citation

    • Derived terms

    * wikify * wikiholic * wikilink * The names of many wiki-based Web projects, e.g. Wikipedia, Wikisource, ), (WikiLeaks), (Wikibooks), (Wikimedia Foundation).

    References

    * * * Notes:

    Anagrams

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    email

    English

    (wikipedia email)

    Etymology 1

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document
  • A type of dark ink

    • Etymology 2

    see e-mail

    Noun

    • Usage notes
    * Many speakers consider the spelling more correct; however, both spellings are quite common. * Noting that mail is not countable in common usage, certain style guides recommend against the countable use of , preferring such phrasings as email message; however, such countable use is quite common.
    Derived terms
    * email forward * email message * email digest

    Verb

    (en verb)

    • Anagrams

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