The difference between Package and Parcel
When used as nouns, package means something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope, whereas parcel means a package wrapped for shipment.
When used as verbs, package means to pack or bundle something, 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 Package and Parcel
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Package as a noun:
Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
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Package as a noun:
Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
Examples:
"Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?"
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Package as a noun (computing):
A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
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Package as a noun (uncountable, archaic):
The act of packing something.
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Package as a noun:
Something resembling a package.
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Package as a noun:
A package holiday.
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Package as a noun:
A football formation.
Examples:
"the "dime" defensive package"
"For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package."
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Package as a noun (euphemistic, vulgar):
The male genitalia.
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Package as a noun (uncountable, historical):
A charge made for packing goods.
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Package as a noun (journalism):
A group of related stories spread over several pages.
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Package as a verb:
To pack or bundle something.
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Package as a verb:
To travel on a package holiday.
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Package as a verb:
To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.
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Parcel as a noun:
A package wrapped for shipment.
Examples:
"I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep."
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Parcel as a noun:
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
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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."
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Parcel as a noun (obsolete):
A group of birds.
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Parcel as a noun:
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
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Parcel as a noun:
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
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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."
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Parcel as a verb:
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
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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."
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Parcel as a verb:
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
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Parcel as a verb:
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
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Parcel as an adverb (obsolete):
Part or half; in part; partially.