Zip vs Zipcode - What's the difference?
zip | zipcode |
The high-pitched sound of a small object moving rapidly through air.
Energy; vigor; vim.
(British, NZ) A zip fastener.
Zero; nothing.
A trip on a zipline.
(computing, informal) A zip file.
To close with a zip fastener.
(figuratively) To close as if with a zip fastener.
(computing) To compress (one or more computer files) into a single and often smaller file, especially one in the ZIP format.
(followed by a preposition ) To move rapidly (in a specified direction or to a specified place) with a high-pitched sound.
(colloquial) (followed by a preposition ) To move in haste (in a specified direction or to a specified place).
To make (something) move quickly
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, title=Norwich 0 - 2 Tottenham
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To travel on a zipline.
(US) Shortened form of ZIP code, the US postal code.
(US) Any postal code, for any country.
As nouns the difference between zip and zipcode
is that zip is a common file format for data compression while zipcode is .zip
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sound) whizz, zing * (fastener) slide fastener, zip fastener, zipper (chiefly US )Synonyms
* whee!, whizz!, zing!Verb
- zip one's lip
- The bullet zipped through the air.
- Zip down to the shops for some milk.
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