Enclose vs Encompass - What's the difference?
enclose | encompass |
To surround with a wall, fence, etc.
To insert into a container, usually an envelope or package.
To hold or contain.
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.
In transitive terms the difference between enclose and encompass
is that enclose is to insert into a container, usually an envelope or package while encompass is to go around, especially, to circumnavigate.enclose
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Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
(enclos)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 * enclosableReferences
encompass
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Verb
(es)- This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
- Drake encompassed the globe.