ask vs express

ask

noun
  • A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient. 

  • An act or instance of asking. 

  • An asking price. 

  • An eft; newt. 

  • A lizard. 

  • Something asked or asked for. 

verb
  • To interrogate or enquire of (a person). 

  • To put forward (a question) to be answered. 

  • To request or petition; usually with for. 

  • To invite. 

  • To take (a person's situation) as an example. 

  • To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons. 

  • To request permission to do something. 

  • To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity. 

  • To request (information, or an answer to a question). 

express

noun
  • That which is sent by an express messenger or message. 

  • An express office. 

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

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

  • An express rifle. 

  • A messenger sent on a special errand; a courier. 

adj
  • Truly depicted; exactly resembling. 

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

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

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

verb
  • To transcribe deoxyribonucleic acid into messenger RNA. 

  • To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit. 

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

  • To translate messenger RNA into protein. 

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

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