Package vs. Packet

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  • Package (noun)

    Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

  • Package (noun)

    Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.

    “Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?”

  • Package (noun)

    A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.

  • Package (noun)

    The act of packing something.

  • Package (noun)

    Something resembling a package.

  • Package (noun)

    A package holiday.

  • Package (noun)

    A football formation.

    “the “dime” defensive package”

    “For third and short, they’re going to bring in their jumbo package.”

  • Package (noun)

    The male genitalia.

  • Package (noun)

    A charge made for packing goods.

  • Package (verb)

    To pack or bundle something.

  • Package (verb)

    To travel on a package holiday.

  • Package (verb)

    To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.

  • Packet (noun)

    A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel

    “Don’t throw the crisp packet on the floor!”

    “a packet of letters”

    “a packet of crisps”

    “a packet of biscuits”

  • Packet (noun)

    Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia).

  • Packet (noun)

    A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet.

  • Packet (noun)

    A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of Wikipedia).

  • Packet (noun)

    A plastic bag.

  • Packet (noun)

    A manbulge.

  • Packet (noun)

    A large amount of money.

    “It’ll cost a packet to fix this.””

  • Packet (verb)

    To make up into a packet or bundle.

  • Packet (verb)

    To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.

  • Packet (verb)

    To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.

  • Packet (verb)

    To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.

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