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Encase vs Casing - What's the difference?

encase | casing |

As verbs the difference between encase and casing

is that encase is to enclose, as in a case while casing is .

As a noun casing is

that which encloses or encases.

encase

English

Alternative forms

* incase

Verb

(encas)
  • To enclose, as in a case.
  • *1918 , Wilhelm Muehlon, The vandal of Europe :
  • They always appeared to me like asses who gladly incase themselves in lions' skins and cheer themselves with the idea that all the world about them consists also of similarly disguised asses.

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    casing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which encloses or encases.
  • Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
  • (uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
  • The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.

    Derived terms

    * sausage casing

    Verb

    (head)
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