Pack vs Park - What's the difference?

Park is a alternative form of pack.

In transitive terms the difference between pack and park

is that pack is to cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off while park is to enclose in a park, or as in a park.

As nouns the difference between pack and park

is that pack is a bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods while park is an area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.

As verbs the difference between pack and park

is that pack is to put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport while park is to bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

As a proper noun Park is

{{surname|from=Korean}}, the English form of a surname very common in Korea. (박, 朴). The third most common Korean surname.

pack

English

Noun

(pack) (en noun)

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

The horses carried the packs across the plain.

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

A pack of lies.

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

A full set of playing cards; also, the assortment used in a particular game; as, a euchre pack.

We were going to play cards, but nobody brought a pack .

A number of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

* 2005 , John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion?

African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack .

A number of persons associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang;

a pack of thieves or knaves.

A group of Cub Scouts.

A shook of cask staves.

A bundle of sheet-iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

The ship had to sail round the pack of ice.

An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

(slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.

(snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

(rugby) The team on the field.

Synonyms

(full set of cards) deck

Derived terms

* blister pack * bowl pack * daypack * Duluth pack * eight-pack * expansion pack * fanny pack * froth pack * ice pack * jet pack/jetpack/jet-pack * pack animal * pack ice * pack journalism * pack mentality * pack rat * RAM pack * rocket pack * service pack * six-pack

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

# (label) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass.

#* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)

strange materials packed up with wonderful art

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Wherethe bones / Of all my buried ancestors are packed .

# (label) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.

#*{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild

, title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=5 , passage=By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed , and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.}}

# (label) To envelop in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

# (label) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam.

# (label) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

# (label) To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass.

# (label) To gather in flocks or schools.

(label) To cheat, to arrange matters unfairly.

# To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly.

#* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)

Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.

# (label) To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result.

#* (Francis Atterbury) (1663-1732)

The expected council was dwindling intoa packed assembly of Italian bishops.

# (label) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

#* (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)

He lost lifeupon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.

# (label) To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

#* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,

This naughty man / Shall face to face be brought to Margaret, / Who, I believe, was pack'd in all this wrong, / Hired to it by your brother.

(label) To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber.

* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

our thighs packed with wax, our mouths with honey

To move, send or carry.

# (label) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.

#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

Till George be packed with post horse up to heaven.

# To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or animals).

# (label) To depart in haste; – generally with off'' or ''away .

#* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)

Poor Stella must pack off to town.

#* (1809-1892)

You shall pack , / And never more darken my doors again.

# To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

To block a shot, especially in basketball.

To wear a simulated penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.

Synonyms

* stack

Antonyms

* (make into a pack) unpack

Derived terms

* pack away * pack fudge * pack heat * pack horse * pack in * pack off * pack on * pack train * pack up * packer

park

English

Noun

(en noun)

An area of land set aside for environment preservation and/or informal recreation.

# A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like.

#* (Edmund Waller) (1606-1687)

While in the park I sing, the listening deer / Attend my passion, and forget to fear.

# A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, enclosed and kept for ornament and recreation

#* , chapter=23

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park , very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.}}

#* 1994 , Robert Ferro,The Blue Star :

I roamed the streets and parks , as far removed from the idea of art and pretense as I could take myself, discovering there the kind of truth I was supposed to be setting down on paper…

# An enclosed parcel of land stocked with animals for hunting, which one may have by prescription or royal grant.

# (US) A grassy basin surrounded by mountains.

An area used for serious organized purposes.

# (rfc-sense) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together.

# A partially enclosed basin in which oysters are grown.

# An area zoned for a particular (industrial or technological) purpose.

#* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Chico Harlan

, volume=189, issue=2, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Japan pockets the subsidy … , passage=Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."}}

# (soccer) A pitch; the area on which a match is played.

#* {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Owen Phillips, work=BBC

, title= Sunderland 0-2 Blackpool , passage=But because of their dominance in the middle of the park and the sheer volume of chances, Sunderland boss Steve Bruce must have been staggered and sickened in equal measure when the visitors took the lead five minutes after the break.}}

(UK) An inventory of matériel.

(Australia, NZ) A space in which to leave a car; a parking space.

* 2003 , “Johnny”, Melbourne Blackout'', in Sleazegrinder (editor), ''Gigs from Hell: True Stories from Rock and Roll?s Frontline , page 174,

We got to the 9^th Ward and as luck would have it I found a park for my bro?s car right out the front.

* 2010 , Sandy Curtis, Dangerous Deception , Clan Destine Press, Australia, unnumbered page,

Once they?d entered the floors of parking spaces, James found a park relatively easily, but Mark had difficulty, and only a swift sprint allowed him to catch up as James walked through the throngs of people in the casino with the determination of a man who didn?t want to be delayed.

* 2011 , Antonia Magee, The Property Diaries: A Story of Buying a House, Finding a Man and Making a Home … All on a Single Income! , John Wiley & Sons Australia, unnumbered page,

We finally found a park and walked a few blocks to the building.

Antonyms

* (a piece of ground in or near a city) building, skyscraper, street

Synonyms

* (a piece of ground in or near a city) courtyard, garden, plaza

Derived terms

* amusement park * ballpark * car park * national park * parkade * skatepark * theme park * tank park

References

* “Park” in James F. Dunnigan and Albert Nofi (1992), Dirty Little Secrets: Military Information You're Not Supposed to Know , Harper, ISBN 978-0688112707, p 28. *

Verb

(en verb)

To bring (something such as a vehicle) to a halt or store in a specified place.

You can park the car in front of the house.

I parked the drive heads of my hard disk before travelling with my laptop.

(informal) To defer (a matter) until a later date.

Let's park that until next week's meeting.

To bring together in a park, or compact body.

To enclose in a park, or as in a park.

How are we parked , and bounded in a pale. — Shakespeare.

(baseball) To hit a home run, to hit the ball out of the park.

He really parked that one.

(slang) To engage in romantic or sexual activities inside a nonmoving vehicle.

They stopped at a romantic overlook, shut off the engine, and parked .

(transitive, informal, sometimes reflexive) To sit, recline, or put, especially in a manner suggesting an intent to remain for some time.

He came in and parked himself in our living room.

Park your bags in the hall.

(finance) To invest money temporarily in an investment instrument considered to relatively free of risk, especially while awaiting other opportunities.

We decided to park our money in a safe, stable, low-yield bond fund until market conditions improve.

(Internet) To register a domain name, but make no use of it (See )

Antonyms

(bring to a halt) (l)