Gift vs Parcel - What's the difference?
gift | parcel |
Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
A talent or natural ability.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
Something gained incidentally, without effort.
The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
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To give as a gift.
To give away, to concede easily.
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A package wrapped for shipment.
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, chapter=2 An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
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(lb) A group of birds.
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:This youthful parcel / Of noble bachelors stand at my disposing.
*1847 , (Herman Melville), (Omoo)
*:A parcel of giddy creatures of her own age.
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
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*(John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
*:two parcels of the white of an egg
*(John Addington Symonds) (1840–1893)
*:The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government.
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out'' or ''into .
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
* Tennyson
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
* Sir Walter Scott
* Tennyson
As an initialism gift
is (medicine) (gamete intrafallopian transfer).As a noun parcel is
a package wrapped for shipment.As a verb parcel is
to wrap something up into the form of a package.As an adverb parcel is
(obsolete) part or half; in part; partially.gift
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (1): (often monetary'') contribution, (''monetary ) donation, present * (2): talentSee also
* lagniappeVerb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Chelsea threw away two points when substitute Salomon Kalou gifted Valencia a penalty five minutes from time with a needless handball.}}
Synonyms
* contribute * donate * giveDerived terms
* gift from above * gift horse * gift of the gab * gift voucher * God's gift to man * God's gift to women * regiftAnagrams
* 1000 English basic words ----parcel
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what [...] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”}}
Synonyms
* (package wrapped for shipment) package * (division of land bought and sold as a unit) plotDerived terms
* parcel bomb * parcel out * parcel post * parcel together * parcel up * parcellate * parcellation * part and parcel * pass the parcelSee also
* lot * allotmentVerb
- Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
- Their woes are parcelled , mine are general.
- These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
- the broad woodland parcelled into farms
- That mine own servant should / Parcel the sum of my disgraces by / Addition of his envy.
Adverb
(-)- The worthy dame was parcel -blind.
- One that was parcel -bearded.
