Compartment vs Enclosure - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between compartment and enclosure

is that compartment is a room, or section, or chamber while enclosure is something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.

(en noun)

A room, or section, or chamber

:* "Two men were seated in a well-lighted compartment of a third-class carriage."

One of the parts in which an area is subdivided.

(biochemistry) Part of a protein that serves a specific function.

(heraldry) A mound (often of grass) beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.

(wikipedia enclosure)

* inclosure

(countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.

There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.

(uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.

''The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.

(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.

He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.

The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.

The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure .

(uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.

The enclosure of public land is against the law.

The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.

At first, untrained horses resist enclosure .

(uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.

Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure .

The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.

* For more on the spelling of this word, see (m).