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Enclose vs Embowel - What's the difference?

enclose | embowel |

As verbs the difference between enclose and embowel

is that enclose is to surround with a wall, fence, etc while embowel is (obsolete) to enclose or bury.

enclose

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Verb

(enclos)
  • To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
  • To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
  • To hold or contain.

    • Usage notes

    * Until about 1820, it was common to spell this word, and the derived terms encloser'' and ''enclosure'', with ''in-'' (i.e. as ''inclose'', ''incloser'', ''inclosure''). Since 1820, the forms with ''en- have predominated.[//books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=enclose%2Cinclose%2Cencloser%2Cincloser%2Cenclosure%2Cinclosure&year_start=1650&year_end=2008&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cenclose%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cinclose%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cencloser%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cincloser%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cenclosure%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cinclosure%3B%2Cc0 Google Books Ngram Data]

    See also

    * encircle * encloser * enclosable

    References

    embowel

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To enclose or bury.
  • To remove the bowels; disembowel.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=Henry W. Nevinson, title=Essays in Rebellion, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=As to that part of the sentence which relates to embowelling , it was never executed now, but this omission was owing to accident, or to the mercy of the executioner, not to the discretion of the judge. " }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1867, author=John Lothrop Motley, title=Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Who doubts that the fineing, whipping, torturing, hanging, embowelling of men, women, and children, guilty of no other crime than adhesion to the Catholic faith, had assisted the Pope and Philip, and their band of English, Scotch, and Irish conspirators, to shake Elizabeth's throne and endanger her life? }}

    Synonyms

    * (enclose) (l), (l), (l), (l) * (remove the bowels) (l), (l)