different between verses vs paragraph

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?s?z/, /-?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v??s?z/, /-?z/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s?z
• Homophone: versus (some accents)

Noun

verses

1. plural of verse

Verb

verses

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of verse

Anagrams

• Esvres, Sèvres, serves, severs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??s/

Verb

verses

1. second-person singular present indicative of verser
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of verser

Anagrams

• serves

Latin

Verb

vers?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of vers?

Middle English

Noun

verses

1. plural of vers

Portuguese

Verb

verses

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of versar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of versar

Spanish

Verb

verses

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of versar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of versar.

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

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