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Encompass vs Integrate - What's the difference?

encompass | integrate |

As verbs the difference between encompass and integrate

is that encompass is to form a circle around; to encircle while integrate is to form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

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

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    integrate

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

  • To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
  • To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
  • (mathematics) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
  • To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.
  • Anagrams

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