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Par vs Apar - What's the difference?

par | apar |

Apar is a alternative form of par.



As nouns the difference between par and apar

is that par is equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper while apar is the three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus

As an abbreviation par

is paragraph.

As a preposition par

is by; with.

As a verb par

is to reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.

As a proper noun Par

is the name of a town and beach near St Austell in Cornwall.

As an initialism PAR

is planed all round (timber - meaning planed on all sides as opposed to rough sawn.

par

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation.

Abbreviation

(Abbreviation) (head)
  • paragraph
  • parallel
  • parenthesis
  • parish

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • By; with.
    • Usage notes
    * Used frequently in Middle English in phrases taken from French, being sometimes written as a part of the word which it governs; as, par amour, or paramour; par cas, or parcase; par fay, or parfay.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Equal value; equality of nominal and actual value; the value expressed on the face or in the words of a certificate of value, as a bond or other commercial paper.
  • Equality of condition or circumstances.
  • (golf, mostly uncountable) The allotted number of strokes to reach the hole.
    • He needs to make this shot for par .
  • (golf, countable) A hole in which a player achieves par
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 18, , Paul Casey storms to four-stroke lead in Abu Dhabi, Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=Kaymer started with six straight pars before making a birdie on the seventh and an eagle on the eighth. }}
    Derived terms
    * below par * on par, on a par * par for the course * under par * up to par

    Verb

    (parr)
  • (golf) To reach the hole in the allotted number of strokes.
    • He will need to par every hole in order to win this game.

    Etymology 3

    Compare (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Young salmon. (also spelled parr)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    apar

    English

    (en)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The three-banded armadillo, Tolypeutes matacus
  • * {{quote-book, year=1895, title=The Royal Natural History, page=224, author=Richard Lydekker, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=AGsjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA224
    • , passage=The apar is mainly diurnal in its habits; and trusts for defence to its power of rolling itself into a ball, not dwelling in burrows like the members of the other genera.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Ernest Ingersoll, title=The Life of Animals: The Mammals, page=478, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=rOg3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA478
    • , passage=The apars are noted, indeed, for their lively and restless manners.}}

    See also

    * (Southern Three-Banded Armadillo)

    Anagrams

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