different between paragraph vs subparagraph

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French paragraphe from Latin paragraphus (“sign for start of a new section of discourse”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (parágraphos), from ???? (pará, “beside”) and ????? (gráph?, “I write”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?????æf/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæ??????f/
• Hyphenation: par?a?graph

Noun

paragraph (plural paragraphs)

1. A passage in text that starts on a new line, the first line sometimes being indented, and usually marks a change of topic.
2. (originally) A mark or note set in the margin to call attention to something in the text, such as a change of subject.
3. (computing) An offset of 16 bytes in Intel memory architectures.

Translations

Verb

paragraph (third-person singular simple present paragraphs, present participle paragraphing, simple past and past participle paragraphed)

1. To sort text into paragraphs.

Translations

See also

• ¶

English

Etymology

sub- +? paragraph

Noun

subparagraph (plural subparagraphs)

1. Part of a longer paragraph that can be considered alone, as in a legal document.

Synonyms

• subclause

Translations

Verb

subparagraph (third-person singular simple present subparagraphs, present participle subparagraphing, simple past and past participle subparagraphed)

1. To divide a document into subparagraphs.