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Enclosure vs Housing - What's the difference?

enclosure | housing |

In countable terms the difference between enclosure and housing

is that enclosure is an area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers while housing is a mechanical component's container or covering.

In uncountable terms the difference between enclosure and housing

is that enclosure is the act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier while housing is residences, collectively.

As a verb housing is

present participle of lang=en.

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).

    housing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
  • (uncountable) Residences, collectively.
  • She lives in low-income housing .
  • (countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
  • The gears were grinding against their housing .
  • A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
  • An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
  • (architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
  • A niche for a statue.
  • (nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
  • (nautical) A houseline.
  • Synonyms

    * (houses, collectively ): accommodation, lodging * (mechanical component's container ): case, casing, cover, covering, lid

    See also

    * house ----