freight VS shiping

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My friend usually buy stuff from China but he noticed the products from Amazon are much better than others from Chinese websites.

A dealer from Amazon sent him a message :
Your goods will be freight soon from US to your home.

The Chinese dealer used to use shipping instead of freight.
Which one is better and which one is formal please?

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

samerrustomThe Chinese dealer used to use shipping instead of freight.Which one is better and which one is formal please?

Both are fine, common and standard. A few firms still use 'shipping' only for sea transportation, but it is rare nowadays.

BarbaraPA · Answer

I have never heard "you good will be freight(ed) soon" to mean "your goods will be shipped."

Samerrustom · Answer

Thank you guys,

Can you give two examples of freight please?

Mister Micawber · Answer

samerrustomCan you give two examples of freight please?

You can find word examples yourself at FrazeIt: http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?q=freight&l=0

Anonymous · Answer

The term shipping originally referred to transport by sea, but is extended in American English to refer to transport by land or air (International English: "carriage") as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_transport

Outside American English, the words send http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/send?a=british&q=send and deliver http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/deliver?a=british are more appropriate.

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