The difference between Parcel and Property

When used as nouns, parcel means a package wrapped for shipment, whereas property means something that is owned.

When used as verbs, parcel means to wrap something up into the form of a package, whereas property means to invest with properties, or qualities.


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

check bellow for the other definitions of Parcel and Property

  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.

  1. Property as a noun:

    Something that is owned.

    Examples:

    "Leave those books alone! They are my property."

    "Important types of property include real property (land), personal property (other physical possessions), and intellectual property (rights over artistic creations, inventions, etc.)."

  2. Property as a noun:

    A piece of real estate, such as a parcel of land.

    Examples:

    "There is a large house on the property."

  3. Property as a noun:

    Real estate; the business of selling houses.

    Examples:

    "He works in property as a housing consultant."

  4. Property as a noun:

    The exclusive right of possessing, enjoying and disposing of a thing.

  5. Property as a noun:

    An attribute or abstract quality associated with an individual, object or concept.

    Examples:

    "Charm is his most endearing property."

  6. Property as a noun:

    An attribute or abstract quality which is characteristic of a class of objects.

    Examples:

    "Matter can have many properties, including color, mass and density."

  7. Property as a noun (computing):

    An editable or read-only parameter associated with an application, component or class, or the value of such a parameter.

    Examples:

    "You need to set the debugging property to "verbose"."

  8. Property as a noun (usually, in the plural, theater):

    A prop, an object used in a dramatic production.

    Examples:

    "Costumes and scenery are distinguished from property properly speaking."

  9. Property as a noun (obsolete):

    Propriety; correctness.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Camden"

  1. Property as a verb (obsolete):

    To invest with properties, or qualities.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  2. Property as a verb (obsolete):

    To make a property of; to appropriate.

    Examples:

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