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“Packed” or “Pact”

packed / pact are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

packed p·AE·k·t

  • verbarrange in a container.
  • verbfill to capacity.
  • verbcompress into a wad.
  • verbcarry, as on one's back.
  • verbset up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.
  • verbseal with packing.
  • verbload with a pack.
  • verbtreat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood.
  • adjectivepressed together or compressed.

pact p·AE·k·t

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

Usage

Examples in context

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“packed”

  • several horizontal beds, several parallel packed tubes, multiple beds in their
  • with roofed stalls in tightly packed islands replacing the long rows
  • Blue (1997) (Some boxes were packed with Zelda)
  • Packed bed reactor.
  • would now feature more densely packed clustered stone courtyards and other
  • that passes up through a packed bed.
  • The church was packed and he prayed as usual
  • he had already put his packed suitcase in the hallway at
  • 11, 1982, a Peugeot car packed with explosives struck the seven-story
  • can be quickly disassembled and packed into a carry-bag giving them

“pact”

  • the members of the suicide pact by looking at photographs.
  • election, he agreed the "withdrawal" pact with the Ulivo coalition: Rifondazione
  • Kellogg–Briand Pact
  • After forming a pact with the Soviet Union in
  • But he made a pact with the devil and promised
  • his people to honor the pact they had made in the
  • with NATO and the Warsaw Pact assembling major military forces in
  • 1999 following some controversy, the pacte civil de solidarité ("civil pact
  • AYC leadership endorsed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact; this led to loss of
  • The Apaneca Pact was signed on 3 August

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