correspondence
Mail between people
Correspondence is the exchange of letters or messages between people: They maintained a correspondence for years.
The word also means agreement or similarity between things: a close correspondence between the two accounts.
In mathematics, correspondence describes a relationship where elements in one set map to elements in another.
Written symbol or message
- epistleFormal literary letter
- missiveFormal letter sent
- postcardMailable picture souvenir
- envelopeFolded paper enclosure
stationery · penpal · stamp · postage · mailbox · calligraphy · handwritten · quill
State of agreement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- conformityAdherence to norms
- accordHarmony between parties
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
match · parallelism · equivalence · correlation · consistency · synchrony · accordance · congruity
Likeness between things
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
- similitudeQuality of being alike
homology · comparability · kinship · parallel · equivalency · consonance · counterpart · mirror
A joining or relation
- linkPoint of connection
- associationGroup with shared aim
- interrelationMutual connection between things
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
mapping · pairing · linkage · tie · bond · interdependence · reciprocity · one-to-one
letter
Written symbol or message
envelope · stationery · penpal · stamp · postage · mailbox · calligraphy · handwritten · quill · inkwell
congruence
State of agreement
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
- conformityAdherence to norms
- accordHarmony between parties
harmony · match · parallelism · equivalence · correlation · consistency · synchrony · accordance · congruity · compatibility
resemblance
Likeness between things
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- likenessVisual similarity or representation
- affinityNatural liking or attraction
similitude · homology · comparability · kinship · parallel · equivalency · consonance · counterpart · mirror · reflection
connection
A joining or relation
- linkPoint of connection
- associationGroup with shared aim
- interrelationMutual connection between things
correlation · mapping · pairing · linkage · tie · bond · interdependence · reciprocity · one-to-one
reporter
One who gathers news
broadcast · newsroom · coverage · assignment · beat · filing
inbox
Message receiving folder
- outboxQueue for dispatched messages
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- forwardOnward in direction
reply · compose · draft · send · thread · cc · spam · unsubscribe · signature · notification
- written documentsnewspaper, diary, journal, manuscript, scroll
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- messagesmessage, email, text message, text, instant message
- Victorian eraparlour, Victorian etiquette, etiquette, parlor games, courtship
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- event planningevent planning, event coordination, agenda, timeline, RSVP
correspondencediscrepancy
Difference between expected and actual
divergence · difference · dissimilarity · disagreement · incongruity
correspondenceconversation
Exchange of spoken ideas
oral communication · dialogue · phone call · silence · withdrawal
correspondencedisconnection
State of being severed
unrelatedness · separation · isolation · independence · disjunction
- war correspondentJournalist covering armed conflicts
- correspondence courseLearning conducted through mail
- foreign correspondentJournalist based overseas
- private correspondenceConfidential written communication
- news correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- written correspondenceExchanged messages on paper