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Paren vs Payen - What's the difference?

paren | payen |

As nouns the difference between paren and payen

is that paren is (informal) a parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text) while payen is pagan.

paren

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
    • ----

    payen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Pagan.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Pagan.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)