Tuesday, March 5, 2013

papal, paypal

Papal or papal  ( pay puhl ) means having to do with the pope, in the Vatican City, in Rome--the head of the Roman Catholic church--
Visitors to Rome sometimes attend a papal audience.
People ask a lot of questions about the papal tiara.

PayPal or paypal  ( pay pal ) means the internet financial service used to pay for online purchases, or to send money to someone else with a PayPal account--
Many online retailers accept Paypal for purchases.
He wants to open a PayPal account so that he can shop online.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He used his PayPal account to buy a replica of a papal bull."

Note--not to be confused with the verb ( action word ) "pay", used in a sentence--
They are robbing Peter to pay Paul.
I have to save some money to pay my pal for the work he did on my computer.

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