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Enclosed vs Encysted - What's the difference?

enclosed | encysted |

As adjectives the difference between enclosed and encysted

is that enclosed is contained within a three-dimensional container while encysted is (medicine) contained in a cyst.

As verbs the difference between enclosed and encysted

is that enclosed is (enclose) while encysted is (encyst).

enclosed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Contained within a three-dimensional container.
  • Fenced-in or surrounded.
  • Having closed slats.

    • Synonyms

    * included * (fenced-in) bounded, confined, encircled, surrounded,

    Derived terms

    * enclosedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enclose)

    • Anagrams

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    encysted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encyst)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Contained in a cyst.
  • (figuratively) Embedded, enclosed.
  • *2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 545:
  • *:This group included many who had been deeply encysted within the corporative fabric of the Bourbon polity – plus many for whom the chips did not fall well.