Latitude
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The angular distance north or south from the equator, measured along the meridian of that particular point. An imaginary line (in fact a circle) around the Earth running parallel to the equator. The relative freedom from restrictions. The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic. The extent to which a light-sensitive material can be over- or underexposed and still achieve an acceptable result. Extent or scope; e.g. breadth, width or amplitude.
Example sentence: In many ways, it's easier to write a book. You have more latitude with structure, and you have the freedom to luxuriate within the internal lives and musings of your characters. But where a screenplay does not always demand great prose, a novel lives or dies by it.
Parallel
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: Equally distant from one another at all points.parallel to: Of one thing, relative to another: Equally distant from at all points.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: With a parallel relationship
Part of speech: noun
Definition: One of a set of parallel lines.A line of latitude.An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To construct something parallel to something else.Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.To compare or liken something to something else.
Example sentence: There is no parallel in the history of the world. This mighty subcontinent with all kinds of inhabitants has been brought under a plan which is titanic, unknown, unparalleled. And what is very important with regard to it is that we have achieved it peacefully and by means of an evolution of the greatest possible character.