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
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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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Local as an adjective:
From or in a nearby location.
Examples:
"We prefer local produce."
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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.
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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.
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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."
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Local as an adjective:
Descended from an indigenous population.
Examples:
"Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population."
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Local as a noun:
A person who lives near a given place.
Examples:
"It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists."
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Local as a noun:
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
Examples:
"I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Local as a noun (US, slang, journalism):
An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
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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."