Transfer vs Transmit - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances
- application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation
- someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- the act of transfering something from one form to another
- transferring ownership
- the act of moving something from one location to another
Definition as Verb
- move from one place to another
- cause to change ownership
- change from one vehicle or transportation line to another
- transfer somebody to a different position or location of work
- shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes
- move around
- send from one person or place to another
- lift and reset in another soil or situation
- transfer from one place or period to another
Definition as Verb
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- transfer to another
- transmit or serve as the medium for transmission
- send from one person or place to another
Examples
- "the best student was a transfer from LSU"
- "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
- "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
- "I transferred my stock holdings to my children"
- "She changed in Chicago on her way to the East coast"
- "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"
- "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
- "Transplant the young rice plants"
- "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
- "We cannot air this X-rated song"
- "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat"