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Paren vs Parentheses - What's the difference?

paren | parentheses |

As nouns the difference between paren and parentheses

is that paren is (informal) a parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text) while parentheses is .

paren

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
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    parentheses

    English

    Noun

    (head)