Council vs Parley - What's the difference?
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A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=Foreword Discussion or deliberation.
* Milton
* Alexander Pope
A conference, especially one between enemies.
* (rfdate) (Dryden)
* 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter IV
To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.
* 1638 Herbert, Sir Thomas Some years travels into divers parts of Asia and Afrique
Council is a related term of parley.
As nouns the difference between council and parley
is that council is a committee that leads or governs (eg city council, student council) while parley is a conference, especially one between enemies.As a verb parley is
to have a discussion, especially one between enemies.council
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.}}
- Satan void of rest, / His potentates to council called by night.
- O great in action and in council wise.
Hyponyms
* synodSee also
* counselparley
English
Noun
(en noun)- We yield on parley , but are stormed in vain.
- Without further parley Garland rode off up the hog's-back and the sheriff rode off down it …
Verb
(en verb)- ...at day break we found the villaine, who, loath to parlee in fire and ?hot, fled amaine and left us...