Envelop vs Screen - What's the difference?
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To surround or enclose.
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A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
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A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.
The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
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The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
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One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
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(basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
(baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects
In mining and quarries, a frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by size, allowing the passage of fragments whose a diameter is smaller than the distance between the bars or wires.
(printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame with the mesh itself.
(nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's protection.
(architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, etc.
To filter by passing through a screen.
To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing
(film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
To fit with a screen.
Envelop is a related term of screen.
As verbs the difference between envelop and screen
is that envelop is to surround or enclose while screen is to filter by passing through a screen.As a noun screen is
a physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.envelop
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l)Verb
(en verb)- (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
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See also
* envelope ----screen
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Noun
(en noun)- Your leavy screens throw down.
- Some ambitious men seem as screens to princes in matters of danger and envy.
- You won't find me living for the screen .
- The idea is to reach the 21st level of an enormous network of interlocking screens , each of which is covered with blocks that you bounce along on.
Synonyms
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* Chinese screen * flatscreen * moving screen * screenbound * screen door * screen printing * screen wall * silver screen * smokescreen * touch screenReferences
Verb
(en verb)- Mary screened the beans to remove the clumps of gravel.
- The news report was screened because it accused the politician of wrongdoing.
- The news report will be screened at 11:00 tonight.
- We need to screen this porch. These bugs are driving me crazy.