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Colloquy vs Parley - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between colloquy and parley

is that colloquy is a conversation or dialogue while parley is a conference, especially one between enemies.

As a verb parley is

to have a discussion, especially one between enemies.

colloquy

English

Noun

(wikipedia colloquy) (colloquies)
  • A conversation or dialogue.
  • * 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
    • And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.
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  • (obsolete) A formal conference.
  • (Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
  • A written discourse.
  • (legal) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
  • * {{quote-book, passage=At the end of the colloquy , Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.
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    Antonyms

    * (a conversation of multiple people) (l)

    Hypernyms

    * conversation, conference, discourse, discussion

    Coordinate terms

    * dialog, dialogue

    Derived terms

    * colloquial * colloquist

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    See also

    * colloquium

    References

    parley

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A conference, especially one between enemies.
  • * (rfdate) (Dryden)
    • We yield on parley , but are stormed in vain.
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
    • Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it …

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
  • * 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
    • ...at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ?hot, fled amaine and left us...

    See also

    * parlay * parle

    References

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