Wrap vs. Parcel — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wrap and Parcel
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Wrap
Cover or enclose in paper or soft material
Leonora wrapped herself in a large white bath towel
He wrapped up the Christmas presents
Parcel
An object or collection of objects wrapped in paper in order to be carried or sent by post
A brown paper parcel
A parcel bomb
The lorry was carrying a large number of Royal Mail parcels
Wrap
Cause (a word or unit of text) to be carried over to a new line automatically as the margin is reached, or to fit around embedded features such as pictures
Words are wrapped to the next line if they are too long
The program can automatically wrap text around irregularly shaped graphics
Parcel
A quantity or amount of something, especially as dealt with in one commercial transaction
A parcel of shares
Wrap
Finish filming or recording
We wrapped on schedule three days later
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Parcel
Make (something) into a parcel by wrapping it
He parcelled up the goods and sent them back
Wrap
A loose outer garment or piece of material
Beach wraps
Parcel
Wrap (rope) with strips of tarred canvas, before binding it with yarn as part of a traditional technique to reduce chafing.
Wrap
The end of a session of filming or recording
Right, it's a wrap
Parcel
Something wrapped up or packaged; a package.
Wrap
A tortilla wrapped around a cold filling, eaten as a sandwich.
Parcel
A plot of land, usually a division of a larger area.
Wrap
To arrange or fold (something) about as cover or protection
She wrapped her fur coat closely about herself.
Parcel
A quantity of merchandise offered for sale.
Wrap
To cover, envelop, or encase, as by folding or coiling something about
Wrapped my head in a scarf.
Parcel
A group or company; a pack
"this youthful parcel of noble bachelors" (Shakespeare).
Wrap
To enclose, especially in paper, and fasten
Wrap a package.
Wrapped up the peelings.
Parcel
To divide into parts and distribute
Parceled out the land to their three children.
Wrap
To clasp, fold, or coil about something
She wrapped her arms about his neck.
Parcel
To make into a parcel; package.
Wrap
To move (text that will not fit on a line) automatically to the following line.
Parcel
(Nautical) To wind protective strips of canvas around (rope).
Wrap
To envelop and obscure
Fog wrapped the city.
Parcel
A package wrapped for shipment.
I saw a brown paper parcel on my doorstep.
Wrap
To surround or involve in a specified quality or atmosphere
The plan was wrapped in secrecy.
Parcel
An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form.
Wrap
To engross
She was wrapped in thought.
Parcel
An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels).
Wrap
To coil or twist about or around something
The flag wrapped around the pole.
Parcel
A division of land bought and sold as a unit.
I own a small parcel of land between the refinery and the fish cannery.
Wrap
To be moved automatically to the following line upon reaching a margin. Used of text.
Parcel
(obsolete) A group of birds.
Wrap
To put on warm clothing. Usually used with up.
Parcel
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
Wrap
To conclude filming
The movie is scheduled to wrap next week.
Parcel
A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry.
Wrap
A garment to be wrapped or folded about a person, especially an outer garment such as a robe, cloak, shawl, or coat.
Parcel
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
A certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
Wrap
A blanket.
Parcel
To wrap something up into the form of a package.
Wrap
A wrapping or wrapper.
Parcel
To wrap a strip around the end of a rope.
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
Wrap
A flatbread, such as a tortilla or lavash, rolled around a filling. Also called roll-up.
Parcel
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into.
Wrap
The completion of filming on a movie.
Parcel
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
Wrap
(transitive) To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
Christmas gifts are commonly known to be wrapped in paper.
Parcel
(obsolete) Part or half; in part; partially.
Wrap
(transitive) To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
A snake wraps itself around its prey.
Parcel
A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part.
Two parcels of the white of an egg.
The parcels of the nation adopted different forms of self-government.
Wrap
(figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
Parcel
A part; a portion; a piece; as, a certain piece of land is part and parcel of another piece.
Wrap
To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten. (compare wrap up 2)
Parcel
An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group.
This youthful parcelOf noble bachelors stand at my disposing.
Wrap
(lines, words, text, etc.) To break a continuous line (of text) onto the next line
I wrapped the text so that I wouldn't need to scroll to the right to read it.
Parcel
A number or quantity of things put up together; a bundle; a package; a packet.
'Tis like a parcel sent you by the stage.
Wrap
To make functionality available through a software wrapper.
Parcel
To divide and distribute by parts or portions; - often with out or into.
These ghostly kings would parcel out my power.
The broad woodland parceled into farms.
Wrap
(transitive) To (cause to) reset to an original value after passing a maximum.
The row counter wraps back to zero when no more rows can be inserted.
Parcel
To add a parcel or item to; to itemize.
That mine own servant shouldParcel the sum of my disgraces byAddition of his envy.
Wrap
Paper or sheeting that is wrapped around something to protect, contain, or conceal it.
Parcel
To make up into a parcel; as, to parcel a customer's purchases; the machine parcels yarn, wool, etc.
Wrap
A loose piece of women's clothing that one wraps around the body; a shawl or scarf.
Parcel
Part or half; in part; partially.
The worthy dame was parcel-blind.
One that . . . was parcel-bearded [partially bearded].
Wrap
An outer garment worn as protection while riding, travelling etc.
Parcel
A wrapped container
Wrap
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
Parcel
The result of parcelling out or sharing;
Death gets more than its share of attention from theologicans
Wrap
(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
Parcel
An extended area of land
Wrap
A wraparound mortgage.
Parcel
A collection of things wrapped or boxed together
Wrap
A complete news report ready for broadcast, incorporating spoken reporting and other material.
Parcel
Divide into parts;
The developers parceled the land
Wrap
To snatch up; transport; - chiefly used in the p. p. wrapt.
Lo! where the stripling, wrapt in wonder, roves.
Parcel
Cover with strips of canvas;
Parcel rope
Wrap
To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.
Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the napkin that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Parcel
Make into a wrapped container
Wrap
To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to involve; to infold; - often with up.
I . . . wrapt in mistOf midnight vapor, glide obscure.
Wrap
To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.
Wise poets that wrap truth in tales.
Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of her daughter.
Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . . are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable obscurity.
Wrap
A wrapper; - often used in the plural for blankets, furs, shawls, etc., used in riding or traveling.
Wrap
Cloak that is folded or wrapped around a person
Wrap
A sandwich in which the filling is rolled up in a soft tortilla
Wrap
The covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
Wrap
Arrange or fold as a cover or protection;
Wrap the baby before taking her out
Wrap the present
Wrap
Wrap or coil around;
Roll your hair around your finger
Twine the thread around the spool
Wrap
Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
Fog enveloped the house
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