The difference between Express and Stopper
When used as nouns, express means a mode of transportation, often a train, that travels quickly or directly, whereas stopper means agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
When used as verbs, express means to convey or communicate, whereas stopper means to close a container by using a stopper.
Express is also adjective with the meaning: moving or operating quickly, as a train not making local stops.
check bellow for the other definitions of Express and Stopper
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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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Stopper as a noun:
Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
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Stopper as a noun:
A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
Examples:
"Put a stopper in the knot."
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Stopper as a noun:
A bung or cork.
Examples:
"We need a stopper or the boat will sink."
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Stopper as a noun (slang, soccer):
Goalkeeper.
Examples:
"He's the number one stopper in the country."
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Stopper as a noun (finance, slang):
In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
Examples:
"Cattle futures: spillover momentum plus evidence of a strong stopper (i.e., 96 loads demanded) should kick the opening higher."
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Stopper as a noun (rail transport):
A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
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Stopper as a noun (botany):
Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
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Stopper as a noun (nautical):
A short rope for making something fast.
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Stopper as a noun:
A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
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Stopper as a verb:
To close a container by using a stopper.
Examples:
"He tightly stoppered the decanter, thinking the expensive liqueur had been evaporating."
"The diaphragmatic spasm of his hiccup caused his epiglottis to painfully stopper his windpipe with a loud "hic"."