The difference between Express and Implied

When used as adjectives, express means moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops, whereas implied means suggested without being stated directly.


Express is also noun with the meaning: a mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

Express is also verb with the meaning: to convey or communicate.

check bellow for the other definitions of Express and Implied

  1. Express as an adjective (not comparable):

    Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.

  2. Express as an adjective (comparable):

    Specific or precise; directly and distinctly stated; not merely implied.

    Examples:

    "I gave him express instructions not to begin until I arrived, but he ignored me."

    "This book cannot be copied without the express permission of the publisher."

  3. Express as an adjective:

    Truly depicted; exactly resembling.

    Examples:

    "In my eyes it bore a livelier image of the spirit, it seemed more express and single, than the imperfect and divided countenance."

  4. Express as an adjective (retail):

    Providing a more limited but presumably faster service than a full or complete dealer of the same kind or type.

    Examples:

    "The Pizza Hut inside Target isn't a full one: it's a Pizza Hut Express."

    "Some Wal-Mart stores will include a McDonald's Express."

    "The mall's selection of cell phone carriers includes a full AT&T store and a T-Mobile express."

  1. Express as a noun:

    A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.

    Examples:

    "I took the express into town."

  2. Express as a noun:

    A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.

  3. Express as a noun:

    An express rifle.

  4. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.

  5. Express as a noun:

    A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.

  6. Express as a noun:

    An express office.

  7. Express as a noun:

    That which is sent by an express messenger or message.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Eikon Basilike"

  1. Express as a verb (transitive):

    To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.

    Examples:

    "Words cannot express the love I feel for him."

  2. Express as a verb (transitive):

    To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).

  3. Express as a verb (biochemistry):

    To translate messenger RNA into protein.

  4. Express as a verb (biochemistry):

    To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.

  1. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.

  2. Express as a noun (obsolete):

    A specific statement or instruction.

  1. Implied as an adjective:

    Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.

  1. Implied as a verb:

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