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Parol vs Pakol - What's the difference?

parol | pakol |

As nouns the difference between parol and pakol

is that parol is a word; an oral utterance or parol can be an ornamental star-like christmas lantern from the philippines while pakol is a round-topped, soft type of men's hat, usually made from wool, traditionally worn by nurestanis of afghanistan but also by pashtuns, tajiks and some in uzbekistan, pakistan, and tajikistan.

As an adjective parol

is word-of-mouth.

parol

English

(wikipedia parol)

Etymology 1

from (etyl) .

Adjective

(-)
  • Word-of-mouth.
  • (legal) Verbal, oral, informal.
    • 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 lease

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A word; an oral utterance.
  • (legal) Oral declaration; word of mouth.
  • (legal) A writing not under seal.
    • (Blackstone)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) parol, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    pakol

    English

    (wikipedia pakol)

    Alternative forms

    * khapol * pakul

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A round-topped, soft type of men's hat, usually made from wool, traditionally worn by Nurestanis of Afghanistan but also by Pashtuns, Tajiks and some in Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 22, Verlyn Klinkenborg, Season of the Chullo, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Gone is the Afghan pakol . }}

    Anagrams

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