Passenger vs Pax - What's the difference?
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One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
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(label) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
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*:These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.
A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
(informal, usually, in the plural) passenger; passengers
(informal, usually, in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) guest (at an event or function)
As nouns the difference between passenger and pax
is that passenger is one who rides or travels in a train, motor vehicle, boat, ship, ferry, hovercraft, aircraft, etc, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew while pax is a painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of christ or the virgin mary, which was kissed by the priest during the mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed see also osculatory.As a verb passenger
is to ride as a passenger in a vehicle.As a interjection pax is
a cry for peace or truce in children's games.passenger
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(en noun)Ideas coming down the track, passage=A “moving platform” scheme