Housing vs Sheath - What's the difference?
housing | sheath | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
(uncountable) Residences, collectively.
(countable) A mechanical component's container or covering.
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
(architecture) The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
A niche for a statue.
(nautical) That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
(nautical) A houseline.
A scabbard; a holster for a sword.
Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard for a sword that is for the purpose of holding an object that is longer than it is wide; a case.
The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
A tight-fitting dress.
(British) A condom.
The foreskin of certain animals, e.g. dogs and horses.
The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
One of the elytra of an insect.
To put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.
* John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther
Housing is a synonym of sheath.
As verbs the difference between housing and sheath
is that housing is while sheath is to put an object (especially a weapon, in particular, a sword) into its sheath.As nouns the difference between housing and sheath
is that housing is (uncountable) the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone while sheath is a scabbard; a holster for a sword.housing
English
Verb
(head)- We are housing the Wik* servers in Florida.
Noun
- She lives in low-income housing .
- The gears were grinding against their housing .
Synonyms
* (houses, collectively ): accommodation, lodging * (mechanical component's container ): case, casing, cover, covering, lidSee also
* house ----sheath
English
Alternative forms
* sheatheNoun
(sheaths)Synonyms
* (scabbard) scabbard * (long case) ** case ** casing ** cover ** covering ** envelope * (tight-fitting dress) * See alsoVerb
- But when his foe lies prostrate on the plain, / He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane, / And pleased with bloodless honours of the day, / Walks over and disdains th' inglorious prey.