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
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Express as an adjective (not comparable):
Moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Express as a noun:
A mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly.
Examples:
"I took the express into town."
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Express as a noun:
A service that allows mail or money to be sent rapidly from one destination to another.
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Express as a noun:
An express rifle.
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Express as a noun (obsolete):
A clear image or representation; an expression; a plain declaration.
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Express as a noun:
A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier.
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Express as a noun:
An express office.
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Express as a noun:
That which is sent by an express messenger or message.
Examples:
"rfquotek Eikon Basilike"
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Express as a verb (transitive):
To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
Examples:
"Words cannot express the love I feel for him."
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Express as a verb (transitive):
To press, squeeze out (especially said of milk).
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Express as a verb (biochemistry):
To translate messenger RNA into protein.
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Express as a verb (biochemistry):
To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA.
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Express as a noun (obsolete):
The action of conveying some idea using words or actions; communication, expression.
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Express as a noun (obsolete):
A specific statement or instruction.
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Implied as an adjective:
Suggested without being stated directly; implicated or hinted at.
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Implied as a verb: