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Enclosure vs Appendices - What's the difference?

enclosure | appendices |

As nouns the difference between enclosure and appendices

is that enclosure is (countable) something enclosed, ie inserted into a letter or similar package while appendices is .

enclosure

Alternative forms

* inclosure

Noun

  • (countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
  • There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
  • (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
  • ''The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
  • (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
  • He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
    The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
    The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure .
  • (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
  • The enclosure of public land is against the law.
    The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
    At first, untrained horses resist enclosure .
  • (uncountable, British History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
  • Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure .
  • The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
  • Usage notes

    * For more on the spelling of this word, see (m).

    appendices

    English

    Alternative forms

    * appendixes

    Noun

    (head)
  • Usage notes

    The correct plural of appendix depends on the circumstances. When referring to the text at the end of a book or article, either the plural (appendices) or (appendixes) is correct. In the sense of the organ, (appendixes) is the only plural. Compare (vacuum), which can pluralize to (vacua) or (vacuums) depending on the meaning. ----