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Sheathing vs Casing - What's the difference?

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Sheathing is a related term of casing.


As nouns the difference between sheathing and casing

is that sheathing is something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade while casing is that which encloses or encases.

As verbs the difference between sheathing and casing

is that sheathing is while casing is .

sheathing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something that wraps around or surrounds something, as a sheath encases its blade.
  • When the sheathing was on it suddenly looked like a real house: you could see where the outer walls would be even if they still needed the siding and trim added.

    Verb

    (head)
  • casing

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which encloses or encases.
  • Some people like to split the casing of a sausage before cooking so it doesn't burst. Others don't.
  • (uncountable, computing) The collective states of upper and lower case letters.
  • The replacement string should have the same casing as the matched text.

    Derived terms

    * sausage casing

    Verb

    (head)
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