Pact vs. Pack — What's the Difference?

A pact, from Latin pactum ("something agreed upon"), is a formal agreement. In international relations, pacts are usually between two or more sovereign states.

A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items

A formal agreement, such as one between nations; a treaty.

A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.

An arrangement between people; a compact.

A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.

An agreement; a compact; a covenant.

The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

(international law) An agreement between two or more nations

A complete set of related items

(military) An alliance or coalition.

(Informal) A large amount; a heap

(intransitive) To form a pact; to agree formally.

A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.

An agreement; a league; a compact; a covenant.

A gang of people

A written agreement between two states or sovereigns

An organized troop having common interests

A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.

Material, such as towels, sheets, or blankets that are used to swathe a patient or body part.

A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound.

An ice pack used to reduce pain and inflammation.

A cold pack.

A hot pack.

A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.

Variant of pac.

To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.

To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing

To fill up with items

To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell

To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together

To fill up tight; cram.

To wrap (a patient) in a pack.

To insert a pack into (a body cavity or wound).

To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage

To press together; compact firmly

(Informal) To carry, deliver, or have available for action

To send unceremoniously

To constitute (a voting panel) by appointment, selection, or arrangement in such a way that it is favorable to one's purposes or point of view; rig

To place one's belongings in boxes or luggage for transporting or storing.

To be susceptible of compact storage

To form lumps or masses; become compacted.

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

A multitude.

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

A full set of playing cards

The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

A flock of knots.

A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

A group of Cub Scouts.

A shook of cask staves.

A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

(slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person. en

A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

(rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

(roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.

(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack

(transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.

(transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

(transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.

(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

(intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.

(social) To cheat.

To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage

(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.

(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

(intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.

(transitive) To load with a pack

To load; to encumber.

To move, send or carry.

(transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).

(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.

To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

To block a shot, especially in basketball.

To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.

To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.

A pact.

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.

In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.

The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).

To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.

To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; - sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).

To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;

To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.

To depart in haste; - generally with off or away.

To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

A large indefinite number;

A complete collection of similar things

A small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

An association of criminals;

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

A group of hunting animals

A cream that cleanses and tones the skin

A sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

A bundle (especially one carried on the back)

Arrange in a container;

Fill to capacity;

Compress into a wad;

Carry, as on one's back;

Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome;

Have with oneself; have on one's person;

Press tightly together or cram;

Hike with a backpack;

Press down tightly;

Seal with packing;

Have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;

Load with a pack

Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood;