Main Difference
The main difference between Address and Addressee is that the Address is a description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery and Addressee is a form of interactive communication between or among people.
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Address
A description of the location of a person or organization, as written or printed on mail as directions for delivery. The location at which a particular organization or person may be found or reached.
Examples:
- went to her address but no one was home.
- wrote the address on the envelope.
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Addressee
Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people.
The development of conversational skills and etiquette is an important part of socialization. The development of conversational skills in a new language is a frequent focus of language teaching and learning.
Conversation analysis is a branch of sociology which studies the structure and organization of human interaction, with a more specific focus on conversational interaction.
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Address (noun)
Direction or superscription of a letter, or the name, title, and place of residence of the person addressed.
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Address (noun)
Act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech.
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Address (noun)
Manner of speaking to another; delivery.
“a man of pleasing or insinuating address”
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Address (noun)
Attention in the way one addresses a lady.
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Address (noun)
Skill; skillful management; dexterity; adroitness.
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Address (noun)
Act of preparing oneself.
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Address (noun)
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number.
“the President’s address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.”
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Address (noun)
The property itself.
“I went to his address but there was nobody there”
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Address (noun)
A location in computer memory.
“The program will crash if there is no valid data stored at that address.”
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Address (noun)
An Internet address; URL.
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Address (noun)
An email address
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Address (verb)
To prepare oneself.
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Address (verb)
To direct speech.
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Address (verb)
To direct.
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Address (verb)
To prepare or make ready.
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Address (verb)
To prepare oneself; to apply one’s skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
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Address (verb)
To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
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Address (verb)
To clothe or array; to dress.
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Address (verb)
To direct, as words, to (anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. to (any audience).
“He addressed some portions of his remarks to his supporters, some to his opponents.”
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Address (verb)
To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to; to accost.
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Address (verb)
To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
“He addressed a letter.”
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Address (verb)
To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
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Address (verb)
To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
“The ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore.”
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Address (verb)
To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one’s speech or discourse to.
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Address (verb)
To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
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Address (verb)
To refer a location in computer memory.
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Address (verb)
To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
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Addressee (noun)
The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.
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Address (noun)
the particulars of the place where someone lives or an organization is situated
“they exchanged addresses and agreed to keep in touch”
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Address (noun)
the place where someone lives or an organization is situated
“our officers called at the address”
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Address (noun)
a string of characters which identifies a destination for email messages or the location of a website.
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Address (noun)
a binary number which identifies a particular location in a data storage system or computer memory
“a numerical value which acts as a storage address for the data”
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Address (noun)
a formal speech delivered to an audience
“an address to the European Parliament”
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Address (noun)
a person’s manner of speaking to someone else
“his address was abrupt and unceremonious”
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Address (noun)
courteous or amorous approaches to someone
“he persecuted her with his addresses”
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Address (noun)
skill, dexterity, or readiness
“he rescued me with the most consummate address”
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Address (verb)
write the name and address of the intended recipient on (an envelope, letter, or parcel)
“I addressed my letter to him personally”
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Address (verb)
speak to (a person or an assembly)
“she addressed the open-air meeting”
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Address (verb)
name someone (in the specified way) when talking to them
“she addressed my father as ‘Mr Stevens’”
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Address (verb)
say or write remarks or a protest to
“address your complaints to the Trading Standards Board”
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Address (verb)
think about and begin to deal with (an issue or problem)
“a fundamental problem has still to be addressed”
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Address (verb)
take up one’s stance and prepare to hit (the ball)
“ensure that your weight is evenly spread when you address the ball”