Encase vs Encompass - What's the difference?
encase | encompass |
To enclose, as in a case.
*1918 , Wilhelm Muehlon, The vandal of Europe :
To form a circle around; to encircle.
To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.
To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.
To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
As verbs the difference between encase and encompass
is that encase is to enclose, as in a case while encompass is to form a circle around; to encircle.encase
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Alternative forms
* incaseVerb
(encas)- 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.
Anagrams
* * * *encompass
English
Verb
(es)- This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
- Drake encompassed the globe.