Pare vs. Parse

Pareverb

(transitive) to remove the outer covering or skin of something with a cutting device, typically a knife

Pareverb

to reduce, diminish or trim gradually something as if by cutting off

Pareverb

to trim the hoof of a horse

Pareverb

To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.

Pareverb

To remove; to separate; to cut or shave, as the skin, rind, or outside part, from anything; - followed by off or away; as, to pare off the rind of fruit; to pare away redundancies.

Pareverb

Fig.: To diminish the bulk of; to reduce; to lessen.

Pareverb

decrease gradually or bit by bit

Pareverb

cut small bits or pare shavings from;

Pareverb

strip the skin off;

Pareverb

remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size;

Parseverb

To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Parseverb

(transitive) To examine closely; to scrutinize.

Parseverb

To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored.

Parseverb

To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar.

Parseverb

Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.

Parsenoun

An act of parsing.

Parsenoun

The result of such an act.

Parseverb

To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Parseverb

analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence)