The difference between Emit and Send

When used as verbs, emit means to send out or give off, whereas send means to make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.


Send is also noun with the meaning: an operation in which data is transmitted.

check bellow for the other definitions of Emit and Send

  1. Emit as a verb (transitive):

    to send out or give off

    Examples:

    "synonyms: outsend output"

  1. Send as a verb (transitive):

    To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.

    Examples:

    "Every day at two o'clock, he sends his secretary out to buy him a coffee."

    "to send a message, or a letter"

  2. Send as a verb (slang, dated):

    To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).

  3. Send as a verb:

    To bring to a certain condition.

  4. Send as a verb (intransitive):

    To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.

    Examples:

    "Seeing how ill she was, we sent for a doctor at once."

  5. Send as a verb:

    To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.

  6. Send as a verb (nautical):

    To pitch.

  1. Send as a noun (telecommunications):

    An operation in which data is transmitted.

  2. Send as a noun (nautical):

    Examples:

    "rfquotek W. C. Russell"

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