The difference between Deliver and Utter
When used as verbs, deliver means to set free from restraint or danger, whereas utter means to say.
Utter is also adverb with the meaning: further out.
Utter is also adjective with the meaning: outer.
check bellow for the other definitions of Deliver and Utter
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Deliver as a verb:
To set free from restraint or danger.
Examples:
"'deliver a captive from the prison"
"synonyms free liberate release"
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Deliver as a verb (process):
To do with birth. To assist in the birth of. To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child). To give birth to.
Examples:
"the doctor delivered the baby"
"the duchess was delivered of a son"
"the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow"
"she delivered a baby boy yesterday"
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Deliver as a verb:
To free from or disburden of anything.
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Deliver as a verb:
To bring or transport something to its destination.
Examples:
"'deliver a package;  deliver the mail"
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Deliver as a verb:
To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
Examples:
"'deliver the thief to the police"
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Deliver as a verb (intransitive, informal):
To produce what was expected or required.
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Deliver as a verb:
To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
Examples:
"'deliver a speech"
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Deliver as a verb:
To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
Examples:
"to deliver a blow"
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Deliver as a verb:
To discover; to show.
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Deliver as a verb (obsolete):
To admit; to allow to pass.
Examples:
"rfquotek Francis Bacon"
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Deliver as a verb (medicine):
To administer a drug.
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Utter as an adjective (now, _, poetic, literary):
Outer; furthest out, most remote.
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Utter as an adjective (obsolete):
Outward.
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Utter as an adjective:
Absolute, unconditional, total, complete.
Examples:
"utter ruin; utter darkness"
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To say
Examples:
"Don't you utter another word!"
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To use the voice
Examples:
"Sally uttered a sigh of relief."
"The dog uttered a growling bark."
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To make speech sounds which may or may not have an actual language involved
Examples:
"Sally is uttering some fairly strange things in her illness."
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Utter as a verb (transitive):
To make (a noise)
Examples:
"Sally's car uttered a hideous shriek when she applied the brakes."
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Utter as a verb (legal, transitive):
To put counterfeit money, etc., into circulation
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Utter as an adverb (obsolete):
Further out; further away, outside.