Deliver vs. Send: What's the Difference?

Deliver and Send Definitions
Deliver
To bring or transport to the proper place or recipient; distribute
Deliver groceries.
Deliver the mail.
Send
To cause to be conveyed by an intermediary to a destination
Send goods by plane.
Deliver
To surrender (someone or something) to another; hand over
Delivered the criminal to the police.
Send
To dispatch, as by a communications medium
Send a message by radio.
Deliver
To secure (something promised or desired), as for a candidate or political party
Campaign workers who delivered the ward for the mayor.
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Send
To direct to go on a mission
Sent troops into the Middle East.
Deliver
To throw or hurl
The pitcher delivered the ball.
Send
To require or enable to go
Sent her children to college.
Deliver
To strike (a blow).
Send
To direct (a person) to a source of information; refer
Sent the student to the reference section of the library.
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Deliver
To express in words; declare or utter
Deliver a lecture.
Send
To give off (heat, for example); emit or issue
A stove that sends forth great warmth.
Deliver
To give birth to
She delivered a baby boy this morning.
Send
To utter or otherwise emit (sound)
Sent forth a cry of pain.
Deliver
To assist or aid in the birth of
The midwife delivered the baby.
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Send
To hit so as to direct or propel with force; drive
The batter sent the ball to left field. The slap on my back sent me staggering.
Deliver
To assist (a woman) in giving birth
The doctor delivered her of twins.
Send
To cause to take place or occur
We will meet whatever vicissitudes fate may send.
Deliver
To give forth or produce
An oil well that delivered thousands of barrels a day.
Send
To put or drive into a given state or condition
Horrifying news that sent them into a panic.
Deliver
To set free, as from captivity, peril, or evil
Deliver a captive from slavery.
Send
(Slang) To transport with delight; carry away
That music really sends me.
Deliver
To set free from restraint or danger.
Deliver a captive from the prison
Send
To dispatch someone to do an errand or convey a message
Let's send out for hamburgers.
Deliver
(process) To do with birth.
Send
To dispatch a request or order, especially by mail
Send away for a new catalogue.
Deliver
To assist in the birth of.
The doctor delivered the baby
Send
To transmit a message or messages
The radio operator was still sending when the ship went down.
Deliver
To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
The duchess was delivered of a son
The doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
Send
Variant of scend.
Deliver
To give birth to.
She delivered a baby boy yesterday
Send
To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).
Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.
She sends me a letter every month.
Deliver
To free from or disburden of anything.
Send
To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
Deliver
To bring or transport something to its destination.
Deliver a package
Deliver the mail
Send
(transitive) To bring to a certain condition.
Deliver
To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
Deliver the thief to the police
Send
To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message or do an errand.
Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.
Deliver
To produce what is expected or required.
Send
(transitive) To cause to be or to happen; to bring, bring about; (archaic) to visit: (Referring to blessing or reward) To bestow; to grant. (Referring to curse or punishment) To inflict. Sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
Deliver
To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
Deliver a speech
Send
To pitch.
Deliver
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
To deliver a blow
Send
To make a successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
She finally sent the 12a after hours of failed attempts.
Deliver
To discover; to show.
Send
To care.
Deliver
(medicine) To administer a drug.
Send
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
Deliver
(rare) Capable, agile, or active.
Send
An icon (usually on a computer screen and labeled with the word "Send") on which one clicks (with a mouse or its equivalent) or taps to transmit an email or other electronic message.
Good thing I didn't hit send on that resume; I just noticed a bad typo.
Deliver
To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; - often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.
He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.
Promise was that IShould Israel from Philistian yoke deliver.
Send
(nautical) scend
Deliver
To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; - often with up or over, to or into.
Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand.
The constables have delivered her over.
The exalted mindAll sense of woe delivers to the wind.
Send
(Scotland) A messenger, especially one sent to fetch the bride.
Deliver
To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.
Till he these words to him deliver might.
Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection.
Send
A callout or diss usually aimed at a specific person, often in the form of a diss track.
Deliver
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.
Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears.
An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward upon it.
Send
(climbing) A successful ascent of a sport climbing route.
Deliver
To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; - often with of.
She was delivered safe and soon.
Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.
Send
To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger.
I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran.
I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Servants, sent on messages, stay out somewhat longer than the message requires.
Deliver
To discover; to show.
I 'll deliverMyself your loyal servant.
Send
To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message.
He . . . sent letters by posts on horseback.
O send out thy light an thy truth; let them lead me.
Deliver
To deliberate.
Send
To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like.
Deliver
To admit; to allow to pass.
Send
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; - sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.
And sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
God send your mission may bring back peace.
Deliver
Free; nimble; sprightly; active.
Wonderly deliver and great of strength.
Send
To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head?
Deliver
Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea);
The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students
Send
To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts.
Deliver
Bring to a destination, make a delivery;
Our local super market delivers
Send
The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.
Deliver
To surrender someone or something to another;
The guard delivered the criminal to the police
Render up the prisoners
Render the town to the enemy
Fork over the money
Send
Cause to go somewhere;
The explosion sent the car flying in the air
She sent her children to camp
He directed all his energies into his dissertation
Deliver
Free from harm or evil
Send
To cause or order to be taken, directed, or transmitted to another place;
He had sent the dispatches downtown to the proper people and had slept
Deliver
Hand over to the authorities of another country;
They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there
Send
Cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
Send me your latest results
I'll mail you the paper when it's written
Deliver
Pass down;
Render a verdict
Deliver a judgment
Send
Transport commercially
Deliver
Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.);
The students delivered a cry of joy
Send
Assign to a station
Deliver
Save from sins
Send
Transfer;
The spy sent the classified information off to Russia
Deliver
Carry out or perform;
Deliver an attack
Deliver a blow
The boxer drove home a solid left
Send
Cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;
After the second episode, she had to be committed
He was committed to prison
Deliver
Relinquish possession or control over;
The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in
Send
Broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;
We cannot air this X-rated song
Deliver
Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball;
The pitcher delivered the ball
Deliver
Give birth (to a newborn);
My wife had twins yesterday!