Despatch vs. Dispatch: What's the Difference?

Despatch is an incorrect spelling of Dispatch.

The act of sending away

To kill with quick efficiency

To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business.

A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.

An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.

A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.

(transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.

(transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.

(transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

(transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

(transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

(transitive) To rid; to free.

(transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.

To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

To hurry.

To deprive.

A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.

The act of doing something quickly.

A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.

(computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.

(obsolete) A dismissal.

To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

To rid; to free.

To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.

To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.

To send out of the world; to put to death.

To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.

The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.

Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.

The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.

A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.

A message transmitted by telegraph.

An official report (usually sent in haste)

The act of sending off something

The property of being prompt and efficient;

Killing a person or animal

Send away towards a designated goal

Complete or carry out;

Kill intentionally and with premeditation;

Dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently;

Kill without delay;

To send off to a destination

To dispose of something

A written message sent with urgency