Parlay vs Partly - What's the difference?
parlay | partly |
To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet onto a subsequent wager.
(by extension) To increase.
To speak about peace. To have peace talks. See also: pow-wow.
To convert into something better
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In part, or to some degree, but not completely.
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As a verb parlay
is to carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet onto a subsequent wager.As a noun parlay
is such a bet or series of bets.As an adverb partly is
in part, or to some degree, but not completely.parlay
English
Verb
(en verb)- Epperlein and Tucker focus on two featherweight hopefuls: Dustin Poirier, a formidable contender who’s looking to parlay a history of schoolyard violence and street-fighting into a potential career, and Albert Stainback, a more thoughtful yet more erratic and undisciplined fighter whose chief gimmick is entering the ring wearing a hat like the one Malcolm McDowell wore in A Clockwork Orange.
See also
* parleypartly
English
Adverb
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