The difference between Express and Local

When used as nouns, express means a mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, whereas local means a person who lives near a given place.

When used as adjectives, express means moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops, whereas local means from or in a nearby location.


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

check bellow for the other definitions of Express and Local

  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. Local as an adjective:

    From or in a nearby location.

    Examples:

    "We prefer local produce."

  2. Local as an adjective (computing, of a [[variable]] or [[identifier]]):

    Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.

  3. Local as an adjective (mathematics, not comparable, of a condition or state):

    Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.

  4. Local as an adjective (medicine):

    Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.

    Examples:

    "The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia."

  5. Local as an adjective:

    Descended from an indigenous population.

    Examples:

    "Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population."

  1. Local as a noun:

    A person who lives near a given place.

    Examples:

    "It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists."

  2. Local as a noun:

    A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

    Examples:

    "I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6."

  3. Local as a noun (rail transport):

    A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

    Examples:

    "The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local."

  4. Local as a noun (British):

    One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.

    Examples:

    "I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink."

  5. Local as a noun (programming):

    A locally scoped identifier.

    Examples:

    "Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable."

  6. Local as a noun (US, slang, journalism):

    An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.

  7. Local as a noun (colloquial, medicine):

    Examples:

    "'1989, ''Road House'', 39:59:"

    "Well, Mr. Dalton, you may add nine staples to your dossier of thirty‐one broken bones, two bullet wounds, nine puncture wounds and four steel screws. That’s an estimate, of course. I’ll give you a local."

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