Carrier vs. Courier

Carrier vs. Courier — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Carrier and Courier

Carriernoun

A person or object that carries someone or something else.

aircraft carrierarmored personnel carrier

Couriernoun

A person who looks after and guides tourists.

Carriernoun

A carrier pigeon, a newspaperese term (misnomer) for a homing pigeon, racing pigeon, racing homer, homer.

Couriernoun

A person who delivers messages.

Carriernoun

An Old English carrier pigeon or Old English carrier (the "King of the Doos").

Couriernoun

A company that delivers messages.

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Carriernoun

A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

Couriernoun

A company that transports goods.

Carriernoun

A signal such as radio, sound, or light that is modulated to transmit information.

Couriernoun

(internet) A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.

Carriernoun

A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

Courierverb

To deliver by courier.

We'll have the contract couriered to you.
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Carriernoun

A certified airline.

Couriernoun

a person who carries a message

Carriernoun

(engineering) That which drives or carries.

Carriernoun

A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the faceplate; a lathe dog.

Carriernoun

A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.

Carriernoun

A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Carriernoun

(chemistry) A catalyst or other intermediary in a chemical reaction.

Carriernoun

A person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait, mutation or infectious disease, but displays no symptoms.

Carriernoun

charge carrier

Carriernoun

someone whose employment involves carrying something;

the bonds were transmitted by carrier

Carriernoun

a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to carry something;

refrigerated carriers have revolutionized the grocery business

Carriernoun

a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for take-offs and landings

Carriernoun

an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery after some chemical reaction

Carriernoun

a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages

Carriernoun

a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal

Carriernoun

a man who delivers the mail

Carriernoun

a boy who delivers newspapers

Carriernoun

a person who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others

Carriernoun

a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis or the like