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Pax vs Pix - What's the difference?

pax | pix |

As nouns the difference between pax and pix

is that 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 while pix is Plural form of {{term|pic in the sense of "picture".}.

As an interjection pax

is a cry for peace or truce in children's games.

As a proper noun Pax

is latin name given to several peacetimes in human history.

pax

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) pax peace. See (peace).

Noun

  • 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.

    • Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A cry for peace or truce in children's games.

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviation of passenger''. ''X'' is an abbreviation marker as in ''DX'', ''TX'' and ''canx .

    Noun

    (pax)
  • (informal, usually, in the plural) passenger; passengers
  • (informal, usually, in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) guest (at an event or function)

    • Anagrams

    * English invariant nouns ----

    pix

    English

    Etymology 1

    First attested , along with other similar words that the magazine calls slanguage [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=slanguage].

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (informal)
  • * 1946 , “Palisades Notes”, in , Nielsen Business Media, Inc., ISSN 0006-2510, Volume 58, Number 37 (1946 September 14), page 82:
    • Annual photo contest has brought in some pix by amateurs which are definitely in the professional category.
  • * 1978 , response to a letter to the editor, in American Motorcyclist , American Motorcyclist Association, ISSN 0277-9358, Volume 32, Number 2 (1978 February), page 4:
    • Photo selection can be tricky with space limitations, Arthur, and we blew that one. Hope the Scott pix in our January issue made you feel better about this.
  • * 2010 , Lynn Powell, Framing Innocence: A Mother’s Photographs, a Prosecutor’s Zeal, and a Small Town’s Response , The New Press, ISBN 978-1-59558-551-6, pages 15–16:
    • He nervously wrote down Amy’s instructions for what to say and how to behave if the police came back with a search warrant:
  • *:*
  • *:* take pix of damage afterward
  • motion pictures; movies.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (es)
  • A variant of pyx
    • English three-letter words ----