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Enfold vs Engulf - What's the difference?

enfold | engulf |

As verbs the difference between enfold and engulf

is that enfold is to fold something around; to envelop while engulf is to overwhelm.

enfold

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To fold something around; to envelop
  • To embrace

    • Anagrams

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    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.