Wrap vs Flex - What's the difference?
wrap | flex |
To enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.
To enclose or coil around an object or organism, as a form of grasping.
* Bryant
(figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
* Carew
(transitive, or, intransitive, video production) To finish shooting (filming) a video, television show, or movie.
A garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.
A type of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a pancake.
(entertainment) The completion of all or a major part of a performance.
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(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
(countable) The act of flexing.
(uncountable, chiefly, British) Any flexible insulated electrical wiring.
(countable, geometry) A point of inflection.
To bend something.
To repeatedly bend one of one's joints.
To move part of the body using one's muscles.
(bodybuilding) To tighten the muscles for display of size or strength.
* 1994 , Elise Title, Body Heat? , page 189
As nouns the difference between wrap and flex
is that wrap is wrap (food) while flex is (uncountable) flexibility, pliancy.As a verb flex is
to bend something.wrap
English
Verb
- A snake wraps itself around its prey.
- Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch / About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
- wise poets that wrap truth in tales
- To avoid going over budget, let's make sure we wrap by ten.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "wrap")Synonyms
* enfoldAntonyms
* unwrapDerived terms
* wrap around and wrap-around * wrap around one's little finger * wrappable * wrapper * wrapping * wrap upNoun
(en noun)Anagrams
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English
Noun
Verb
(es)- He rubbed his hands together. "Believe it or not, there was a time when I considered giving acting a go. What do you think, Miss Fox?" He flexed impressive biceps. "Would I have had a chance against the Schwarzeneggers and the Chuck Norris types?"