Parcel vs Package - What's the difference?
parcel | package |
A package wrapped for shipment.
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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
Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
(label) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
The act of packing something.
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Something resembling a package.
A package holiday.
A football formation.
(euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
A charge made for packing goods.
To pack or bundle something.
To travel on a package holiday.
Package is a synonym of parcel.
As nouns the difference between parcel and package
is that parcel is a package wrapped for shipment while package is something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.As verbs the difference between parcel and package
is that parcel is to wrap something up into the form of a package while package is to pack or bundle something.As an adverb parcel
is part or half; in part; partially.parcel
English
Noun
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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.
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English
(wikipedia package)Noun
- Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
- the "dime" defensive package
- For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.