individual vs parcel

individual

noun
  • An element belonging to a population. 

  • An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class. 

  • A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people. 

  • A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation. 

adj
  • Intended for a single person as opposed to more than one person. 

  • Not divisible without losing its identity. 

  • Relating to a single person or thing as opposed to more than one. 

parcel

noun
  • An indiscriminate or indefinite number, measure, or quantity; a collection; a group. 

  • An individual item appearing on an invoice or receipt (only in the phrase bill of parcels). 

  • A package wrapped for shipment. 

  • An individual consignment of cargo for shipment, regardless of size and form. 

  • A small amount of food that has been wrapped up, for example a pastry. 

  • A portion of anything taken separately; a fragment of a whole; a part. 

  • A division of land bought and sold as a unit. 

verb
  • To divide and distribute by parts or portions; often with out or into. 

  • To wrap a strip around the end of a rope. 

  • To wrap something up into the form of a package. 

  • To add a parcel or item to; to itemize. 

How often have the words individual and parcel occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )