Email vs. Mail
Difference Between Email and Mail
Emailnoun
(uncountable) A system for transferring messages from one computer to another, usually via a network.
He sent me his details via email.The advent of email has simultaneously brought our society closer together and farther apart.Mailnoun
A bag or wallet.
Emailnoun
(countable) A message sent via an email system.
He sent me an email last week to that effect.I am searching through my old emails.Mailnoun
A bag containing letters to be delivered by post.
Emailnoun
(uncountable) A quantity of email messages.
I am searching through my old email.My inbox used to allow only 50 MB of email at a time until last year, when they upgraded it to 2 GBs!Mailnoun
The material conveyed by the postal service.
Don't forget to pick up the mail on your way.Emailnoun
(informal) An e-mail address.
What's your email?Don't send personal messages to my work email.Mailnoun
(dated) A stagecoach, train or ship that delivers such post.
Emailnoun
a raised or embossed image pressed into metal, such as a seal pressed into a foil and attached to a document
Mailnoun
The postal service or system in general.
He decided to send his declaration by mail.Emailnoun
A type of dark ink
Mailnoun
The letters, parcels, etc. delivered to a particular address or person.
Emailverb
(transitive) To send an email or emails to.
She emailed me last week, asking about the status of the project.Mailnoun
(uncountable) Electronic mail, e-mail: a computer network–based service for sending, storing, and forwarding electronic messages.
Emailverb
(intransitive) To send, or compose and send, an email or emails.
Most teenagers spend twenty-six hours a day emailing and surfing the Web.Mailnoun
A trunk, box, or bag, in which clothing, etc., may be carried.
Emailverb
To send via email.
I'll email you the link.He emailed the file out to everyone.Mailnoun
(uncountable) Armour consisting of metal rings or plates linked together.
Emailnoun
(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that is generated at the recipient's terminal when he logs in
Mailnoun
(nautical) A contrivance of interlinked rings, for rubbing off the loose hemp on lines and white cordage.
Emailverb
communicate electronically on the computer;
she e-mailed me the good newsMailnoun
Any hard protective covering of an animal, as the scales and plates of reptiles, shell of a lobster, etc.
Mailnoun
A spot on a bird's feather; by extension, a spotted feather.
Mailnoun
(historical) An old French coin worth half a denier.
Mailnoun
A monetary payment or tribute.
Mailnoun
Rent.
Mailnoun
Tax.
Mailverb
(ditransitive) To send (a letter, parcel, etc.) through the mail.
Mailverb
(ditransitive) To send by electronic mail.
Please mail me the spreadsheet by the end of the day.Mailverb
(transitive) To contact (a person) by electronic mail.
I need to mail my tutor about the deadline.Mailverb
(transitive) To arm with mail.
Mailverb
(transitive) To pinion.
Mailnoun
the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service
Mailnoun
the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office;
the mail handles billions of items every dayhe works for the United States mail servicein England they call mail `the post'Mailnoun
a conveyance that transports mail
Mailnoun
any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered;
your mail is on the tableis there any post for me?she was opening her postMailnoun
(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings
Mailverb
send via the postal service;
I'll mail you the check tomorrowMailverb
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
send me your latest resultsI'll mail you the paper when it's written
