Ship vs. Send
Difference Between Ship and Send
Shipnoun
A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
Sendverb
(transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee.to send a message, or a letterShipnoun
A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an airship or spaceship.
Sendverb
To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
Shipnoun
A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
Sendverb
To bring to a certain condition.
Shipnoun
A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
Sendverb
(intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once.Shipnoun
(cartomancy) The third card of the Lenormand deck.
Sendverb
To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
Shipnoun
(fandom) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
Sendverb
(nautical) To pitch.
Shipverb
(transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
Sendnoun
(telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
Shipverb
(transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
to ship freight by railroadSendnoun
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Shipverb
(ambitransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.
Our next issue ships early next year.The developers had to ship the game two weeks late.Sendverb
cause to go somewhere;
The explosion sent the car flying in the airShe sent her children to campHe directed all his energies into his dissertationShipverb
(ambitransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
to ship seamenI shipped on a man-of-war.Sendverb
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 sleptShipverb
(intransitive) To embark on a ship.
Sendverb
cause to be directed or transmitted to another place;
send me your latest resultsI'll mail you the paper when it's writtenShipverb
To put in its place.
to ship the tiller or rudderSendverb
transport commercially
Shipverb
(transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
We were shipping so much water I was sure we would capsize.Sendverb
assign to a station
Shipverb
(transitive) To pass (from one person to another).
Can you ship me the ketchup?Sendverb
transfer;
The spy sent the classified information off to RussiaShipverb
To go all in.
Sendverb
cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution;
After the second episode, she had to be committedhe was committed to prisonShipverb
(sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
Twins ship Delmon Young to Tigers.Sendverb
broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television;
We cannot air this X-rated songShipverb
(rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
Shipverb
(fandom) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional, typically in fan fiction.
I ship Kirk and Spock in “Star Trek”.I ship Peggy and Angie in “Marvel's Agent Carter”.Shipnoun
a vessel that carries passengers or freight
Shipverb
transport commercially
Shipverb
hire for work on a ship
Shipverb
go on board
Shipverb
travel by ship
Shipverb
place on board a ship;
ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel
