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Enveloped vs Shrouded - What's the difference?

enveloped | shrouded |

As verbs the difference between enveloped and shrouded

is that enveloped is (envelop) while shrouded is (shroud).

As an adjective shrouded is

wearing, or provided with a shroud.

enveloped

English

Verb

(head)
  • (envelop)

  • envelop

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround or enclose.
  • *
  • (b ) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 10 , author=Marc Higginson , title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.}}

    See also

    * envelope ----

    shrouded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wearing, or provided with a shroud.
  • Concealed or hidden from sight, as if by a shroud.
  • *
  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.
  • Derived terms

    * shrouded gear * shrouded propeller

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shroud)