Husk vs Casing - What's the difference?
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The dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside
Any form of useless, dried-up, and subsequently worthless exterior of something
The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
To say huskily, to utter in a husky voice.
* The French captain did not immediately respond; he looked at his men with a miserable expression [...]; still he hesitated, drooped, and finally husked , "Je me rends," with a look still more wretched. — (Naomi Novik), "His Majesty's Dragon"
That which encloses or encases.
(uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
Husk is a related term of casing.
As nouns the difference between husk and casing
is that husk is the dry, leafy or stringy exterior of certain vegetables or fruits, which must be removed before eating the meat inside while casing is that which encloses or encases.As verbs the difference between husk and casing
is that husk is to remove husks from or husk can be to say huskily, to utter in a husky voice while casing is .husk
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . More at (l), (l). Alternate etymology derives husk from Low German .)Noun
(wikipedia husk) (en noun)- A coconut has a very thick husk .
- His attorney was a dried-up husk of a man.
Etymology 2
Partly imitative, partly from Etymology 1, above, influenced by (husky).Verb
(en verb)See also
* huskyReferences
The Australian Pocket Oxford Dictionary , 2nd Ed., Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1978 ----casing
English
Noun
(en noun)- Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
- The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.