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Closing vs Enclosing - What's the difference?

closing | enclosing |

As nouns the difference between closing and enclosing

is that closing is the act by which something is closed while enclosing is that which encloses.

As verbs the difference between closing and enclosing

is that closing is while enclosing is .

As an adjective closing

is coming after all others.

closing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act by which something is closed.
    • openings and closings of doors
  • The end or conclusion of something
    • The closing of the curtains.
  • The final procedure in a house sale when documents are signed and recorded.

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Coming after all others.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • enclosing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which encloses.
  • * Bible, Exodus 39
    • And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their enclosings .
  • The act or situation by which something is enclosed.
  • * 1995 , Frederick Garber, Repositionings (page 131)
    • Duane Duck'' is a play of boxes, explicit and implicit, frangible or firm; indeed, ''Duane Duck'' is a play ''about boxes, a performance of all manner of relations to enclosings .

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