The difference between Parallel and Skew
When used as nouns, parallel means one of a set of parallel lines, whereas skew means a bias or distortion in a particular direction.
When used as adverbs, parallel means with a parallel relationship, whereas skew means awry.
When used as verbs, parallel means to construct or place something parallel to something else, whereas skew means to bias or distort in a particular direction.
When used as adjectives, parallel means equally distant from one another at all points, whereas skew means neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).
check bellow for the other definitions of Parallel and Skew
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Parallel as an adjective:
Equally distant from one another at all points.
Examples:
"The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel."
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Parallel as an adjective:
Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
Examples:
"The two railway lines are parallel."
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Parallel as an adjective (hyperbolic geometry, said of a pair of lines):
Either not intersecting, or coinciding.
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Parallel as an adjective (computing):
Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time.
Examples:
"a parallel algorithm"
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Parallel as an adverb:
With a parallel relationship.
Examples:
"The road runs parallel to the canal."
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Parallel as a noun:
One of a set of parallel lines.
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Parallel as a noun:
Direction conformable to that of another line.
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Parallel as a noun:
A line of latitude.
Examples:
"The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town."
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Parallel as a noun:
An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
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Parallel as a noun:
Something identical or similar in essential respects.
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Parallel as a noun:
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
Examples:
"Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope"
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Parallel as a noun (military):
One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
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Parallel as a noun (printing):
A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
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Parallel as a verb:
To construct or place something parallel to something else.
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Parallel as a verb:
Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
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Parallel as a verb:
Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
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Parallel as a verb:
To compare or liken something to something else.
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Parallel as a verb:
To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
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Parallel as a verb:
To equal; to match; to correspond to.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Parallel as a verb:
To produce or adduce as a parallel.
Examples:
"rfquotek John Locke"
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Skew as an adjective (mathematics):
Neither perpendicular nor parallel (usually said of two lines).
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Skew as an adjective:
Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line; e.g. a skew arch.
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Skew as a verb (transitive):
To bias or distort in a particular direction.
Examples:
"A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results."
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Skew as a verb (transitive):
To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
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Skew as a verb (transitive):
To throw or hurl obliquely.
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Skew as a verb (intransitive):
To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
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Skew as a verb (intransitive):
To start aside; to shy, as a horse.
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Skew as a verb (intransitive):
To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
Examples:
"rfquotek Beaumont and Fletcher"
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Skew as a noun:
A bias or distortion in a particular direction.
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Skew as a noun (architecture):
A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, etc., cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
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Skew as a noun (electronics):
A phenomenon in synchronous digital circuit systems (such as computers) in which the same sourced clock signal arrives at different components at different times.
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Skew as an adverb:
Awry; obliquely; askew.