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[craggy dagger]

They both mean 'word' but where « un mot » refers to an actual word as in a syntactic thing, « une* parole » refers to the idea of speaking as an abstraction

Compare these two examples:
(1) « meutre » est le meilleur mot pour décrire cet évènement ['murder' is the best word to describe this event]
(2) C'est vrai, tu as ma parole [It's true, you have my word]

In the first example, « mot » refers to a real part of language whereas « parole » refers to the idea of speaking, the idea of keeping one's trust, etc