special delivery vs surface mail

special delivery

noun
  • A kind of postal service in which, for an extra fee, letters and packages are delivered in a highly expedited manner by a special courier. 

  • A particular posted letter or package which is delivered in this manner; a particular act of conveying such letters or packages to one or more recipients. 

  • Something—whether desirable or undesirable—which is intentionally given to a specific individual or which an individual receives rapidly and unexpectedly; the personalized, direct quality of the transmission of such an item. 

surface mail

noun
  • Mail which is transported by motor vehicle, by railway, or by seacraft, but not by aircraft. 

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