Encompass vs Enclosure - What's the difference?
encompass | enclosure |
As a verb encompass is to form a circle around; to encircle. As a noun enclosure is (countable) something enclosed, ie inserted into a letter or similar package.
encompass English
Verb
( es)
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.
- This book on English grammar encompasses all irregular verbs.
To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.
- Drake encompassed the globe.
Synonyms
* comprehend
* embrace
* include
Related terms
* encompassment
References
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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).
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