Passage vs. Paragraph

Passagenoun

A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.

Passagenoun

Part of a path or journey.

Passagenoun

The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.

Passagenoun

(art) The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.

Passagenoun

A passageway or corridor.

Passagenoun

(caving) An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.

Passagenoun

(euphemistic) The vagina.

Passagenoun

The act of passing

Passagenoun

(dressage) A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.

Passageverb

(medicine) To pass something, such as a pathogen or stem cell, through a host or medium

Passageverb

(rare) To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross

Passageverb

To execute a passage movement

Passagenoun

The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body.

Passagenoun

Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance.

Passagenoun

Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage.

Passagenoun

Removal from life; decease; departure; death.

Passagenoun

Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor.

Passagenoun

A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time.

Passagenoun

A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed.

Passagenoun

A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause.

Passagenoun

Reception; currency.

Passagenoun

A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms.

Passagenoun

A movement or an evacuation of the bowels.

Passagenoun

In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed.

Passagenoun

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

Passagenoun

a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

Passagenoun

a way through or along which someone or something may pass

Passagenoun

the passing of a law by a legislative body

Passagenoun

a journey usually by ship;

Passagenoun

a short section of a musical composition

Passagenoun

a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass;

Passagenoun

a bodily process of passing from one place or stage to another;

Passagenoun

the motion of one object relative to another;

Passagenoun

the act of passing something to another person

Passagenoun

the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another

Passagenoun

the action or process of moving forward

Passagenoun

the right to pass through somewhere

Passagenoun

a journey by sea or air

Passagenoun

(of a migrating bird) the action of passing through a place en route to its final destination

Passagenoun

a narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway

Passagenoun

a duct, vessel, or other channel in the body.

Passagenoun

the process of transition from one state to another

Passagenoun

the passing of a bill into law

Passagenoun

a short extract from a book or other printed material

Passagenoun

a section of a piece of music

Passagenoun

an episode in a spell of longer activity such as a sporting event

Passagenoun

the propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence

Passagenoun

a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

Passageverb

subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage

Paragraphnoun

A passage in text that is about a different subject from the preceding text, marked by commencing on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented.

Paragraphnoun

(originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.

Paragraphverb

To sort text into paragraphs.

Paragraphnoun

Originally, a marginal mark or note, set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, e. g., a change of subject; now, the character

Paragraphnoun

A distinct part of a discourse or writing; any section or subdivision of a writing or chapter which relates to a particular point, whether consisting of one or many sentences. The division is sometimes noted by the mark

Paragraphnoun

A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph; an item, remark, or quotation comprised in a few lines forming one paragraph; as, a column of news paragraphs; an editorial paragraph.

Paragraphverb

To divide into paragraphs; to mark with the character

Paragraphverb

To express in the compass of a paragraph; as, to paragraph an article.

Paragraphverb

To mention in a paragraph or paragraphs

Paragraphnoun

one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line

Paragraphverb

divide into paragraphs, as of text;

Paragraphverb

write about in a paragraph;

Paragraphverb

write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher

Paragraph

A paragraph (from the Ancient Greek παράγραφος, parágraphos, ) is a self-contained unit of discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. A paragraph consists of one or more sentences.