Swathed vs Wrap - What's the difference?
swathed | wrap |
(swathe)
A bandage; a band;
(chiefly, British, usually in plural) A group of people.
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To bind with a swathe, band, bandage, or rollers.
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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.
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(figurative) To conceal by enveloping or enfolding; to hide.
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(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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As verbs the difference between swathed and wrap
is that swathed is past tense of swathe while wrap is to enclose (an object) completely in any flexible, thin material such as fabric or paper.As a noun wrap is
a garment that one wraps around the body to keep oneself warm.swathed
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Verb
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*swathe
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Noun
(en noun)- Large swathes will be affected by the tax increase.
Venezuela’s presidential election: The autocrat and the ballot box
- As well as the advantages of abused office, Mr Chávez can boast enduring popularity among a broad swathe of poorer Venezuelans. They like him for his charisma, humble background and demotic speech.
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Verb
(swath)- Their children are never swathed or bound about with anything when they are first born.
- The head was swathed in linen bands that had been white, but were now stained and discoloured with damp, but of this I shall not speak more, and beneath the chin-cloth the beard had once escaped.
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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.
