Duct vs Casing - What's the difference?
duct | casing |
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
(obsolete) Guidance; direction.
That which encloses or encases.
(uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
As nouns the difference between duct and casing
is that duct is a pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another while casing is that which encloses or encases.As verbs the difference between duct and casing
is that duct is to channel something through a duct (or series of ducts while casing is present participle of lang=en.duct
English
(Wikipedia)Noun
(en noun)- heating and air-conditioning ducts
- otherwise to express His care and love to mankind, viz., in giving and consigning to them His written word for a rule and constant director of life, not leaving them to the duct of their own inclinations. — Henry Hammond.
Derived terms
* ductal * ducted * ducting * ductor * duct tape * Mullerian ducts * Wolffian ductscasing
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
- The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.