The difference between Lot and Parcel

When used as nouns, lot means a large quantity or number, whereas parcel means a package wrapped for shipment.

When used as verbs, lot means to allot, whereas parcel means to wrap something up into the form of a package.


Parcel is also adverb with the meaning: part or half.

check bellow for the other definitions of Lot and Parcel

  1. Lot as a noun:

    A large quantity or number; a great deal.

    Examples:

    "to spend a lot of money; lots of people think so"

  2. Lot as a noun:

    A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

    Examples:

    "a lot of stationery"

  3. Lot as a noun:

    One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.

  4. Lot as a noun (informal):

    A number of people taken collectively.

    Examples:

    "a sorry lot; a bad lot'"

  5. Lot as a noun:

    A distinct portion or of land, usually smaller than a field.

    Examples:

    "a building lot in a city"

  6. Lot as a noun:

    That which happens without human design or forethought; chance; accident; hazard; fortune; fate.

  7. Lot as a noun:

    Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

    Examples:

    "to cast lots; to draw lots'"

  8. Lot as a noun:

    The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.

  9. Lot as a noun:

    A prize in a lottery.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Evelyn"

  10. Lot as a noun:

    Allotment; lottery.

  11. Lot as a noun (definite, '''the lot'''):

    All members of a set; everything.

    Examples:

    "The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot."

    "If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them."

  12. Lot as a noun:

    An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

  1. Lot as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To allot; to sort; to apportion.

  2. Lot as a verb (US, informal, dated):

    To count or reckon (on or upon).

  1. Parcel as a noun:

    A package wrapped for shipment.

    Examples:

    "I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep."

  2. Parcel as a noun:

    An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.

  3. Parcel as a noun:

    A division of land bought and sold as a unit.

    Examples:

    "I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery."

  4. Parcel as a noun (obsolete):

    A group of birds.

  5. Parcel as a noun:

    An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.

  6. Parcel as a noun:

    A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.

  7. Parcel as a noun:

    A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.

    Examples:

    "A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece."

  1. Parcel as a verb:

    To wrap something up into the form of a package.

  2. Parcel as a verb:

    To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.

    Examples:

    "[[worm Worm]] and parcel with the [[lay]]; turn and [[serve]] the other way."

  3. Parcel as a verb:

    To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.

  4. Parcel as a verb:

    To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.

  1. Parcel as an adverb (obsolete):

    Part or half; in part; partially.