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Written vs Postcard - What's the difference?

written | postcard |

As a adjective written

is of, relating or characteristic of writing (ie, of that which has been written).

As a verb written

is .

As a noun 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.

written

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
  • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.
  • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

    * * * * * * *

    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
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    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