The difference between Parcel and Plot
When used as nouns, parcel means a package wrapped for shipment, whereas plot means the course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
When used as verbs, parcel means to wrap something up into the form of a package, whereas plot means to conceive (a crime, etc).
Parcel is also adverb with the meaning: part or half.
check bellow for the other definitions of Parcel and Plot
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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.
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Plot as a noun (authorship):
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
Examples:
"synonyms: storyline"
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Plot as a noun:
An area or land used for building on or planting on.
Examples:
"synonyms: parcel"
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Plot as a noun:
A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
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Plot as a noun:
A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
Examples:
"synonyms: conspiracy scheme"
"The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board."
"The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot."
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Plot as a noun:
Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
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Plot as a noun:
Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
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Plot as a noun:
A plan; a purpose.
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Plot as a verb (transitive):
To conceive (a crime, etc).
Examples:
"usex They had plotted a robbery."
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Plot as a verb (transitive):
To trace out (a graph or diagram).
Examples:
"usex They plotted the number of edits per day."
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Plot as a verb (transitive):
To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
Examples:
"usex Every five minutes they plotted their position."
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Plot as a verb (intransitive):
To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.
Examples:
"usex They were plotting against the king."