Parol vs Carol - What's the difference?
parol | carol |
Word-of-mouth.
(legal) Verbal, oral, informal.
A word; an oral utterance.
(legal) Oral declaration; word of mouth.
(legal) A writing not under seal.
(historical) A round dance accompanied by singing.
A song of joy.
* Dryden
* 1908 ,
A religious song or ballad of joy.
* Keble
* Longfellow
To sing in a joyful manner.
* Spenser
* Beattie
To sing carols, especially Christmas carols in a group.
To praise or celebrate in song.
* Milton
To sing (a song) cheerfully.
* Prior
As an adjective parol
is word-of-mouth.As a noun parol
is a word; an oral utterance or parol can be an ornamental star-like christmas lantern from the philippines.As a proper noun carol is
, popular in the middle of the 20th century or carol can be .parol
English
(wikipedia parol)Etymology 1
from (etyl) .Adjective
(-)- Parol , or extrinsic evidence should only be used where it may clarify ambiguous terms of a contract.
Derived terms
(terms derived from parol) * parol agreement * parol arrest * parol contract * parol evidence rule * parol leaseNoun
(en noun)- (Blackstone)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) parol, from (etyl) .Anagrams
* ----carol
English
Noun
(en noun)- the costly feast, the carol , and the dance
- The sunshine struck hot on his fur, soft breezes caressed his heated brow, and after the seclusion of the cellarage he had lived in so long the carol of happy birds fell on his dulled hearing almost like a shout.
- They sang a Christmas carol .
- In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
- I heard the bells on Christmas Day / Their old, familiar carol play.
Verb
- carol of love's high praise
- The gray linnets carol from the hill.
- The shepherds at their festivals / Carol her goodness.
- Hovering swans carol sounds harmonious.