Carrier vs. Courier

Carriernoun

A person or object that carries someone or something else.

Carriernoun

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

Carriernoun

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

Carriernoun

A person or company in the business of shipping freight.

Carriernoun

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

Carriernoun

A mobile network operator; wireless carrier.

Carriernoun

A certified airline.

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

One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

Carriernoun

One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

Carriernoun

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.

Carriernoun

someone whose employment involves carrying something;

Carriernoun

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

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

Couriernoun

A person who looks after and guides tourists.

Couriernoun

A person who delivers messages.

Couriernoun

A company that delivers messages.

Couriernoun

A company that transports goods.

Couriernoun

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

Courierverb

To deliver by courier.

Couriernoun

A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public business.

Couriernoun

An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.

Couriernoun

a person who carries a message

Courier

A courier is a company, an employee of that company or a person who delivers a message, package or letter from one place or person to another place or person.