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Endocytose vs Engulf - What's the difference?

endocytose | engulf |

As verbs the difference between endocytose and engulf

is that endocytose is (cytology) of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it while engulf is to overwhelm.

endocytose

English

Verb

(endocytos)
  • (cytology) Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.

    • Derived terms

    * endocytosed

    Related terms

    * endocytic * endocytosis * endocytotic

    engulf

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To overwhelm.
    • Desperation engulfed her after her daughter's death.
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
  • To surround; to cover.
    • Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed earth.