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Utterance vs Parol - What's the difference?

utterance | parol |

As nouns the difference between utterance and parol

is that utterance is an act of uttering while parol is a word; an oral utterance.

As an adjective parol is

word-of-mouth.

utterance

English

Alternative forms

* utteraunce

Etymology 1

From

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of uttering.
  • * (John Milton)
  • at length gave utterance to these words
  • Something spoken.
  • * , chapter=13
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances . He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • To know how one should express oneself in saying or judging that there really are falsehoods without getting caught up in contradiction by such an utterance : that's extremely difficult, Theaetetus.
  • The ability to speak.
  • Manner of speaking.
  • * Bible, Acts ii. 4
  • Theybegan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance .
  • * (John Keats)
  • O, how unlike / To that large utterance of the early gods!
  • (obsolete) Sale by offering to the public.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) Putting in circulation.
  • Quotations
    * Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart. — Thomas Hill

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) oultrance.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The utmost extremity (of a fight etc.).
  • *:
  • *:And soo they mette soo hard / that syre Palomydes felle to the erthe hors and alle / Thenne sir Bleoberis cryed a lowde and said thus / make the redy thou fals traytour knyghte Breuse saunce pyte / for wete thow certaynly I wille haue adoo with the to the vtteraunce for the noble knyghtes and ladyes that thou hast falsly bitraid
  • References

    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

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