Wrap vs Container - What's the difference?
wrap | container |
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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An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.
A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods (also cargo container).
(by extension) someone who holds people in their seats or in a (reasonably) calm state.
(computing) A file format that can hold various types of data.
* 2011 , Cory Altheide, Harlan Carvey, Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools (page 187)
(computing, GUI) Any user interface component that can hold further (child) components.
As nouns the difference between wrap and container
is that wrap is wrap (food) while container is a big container made of metal.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
* ----container
English
Noun
(en noun)- As the MP4 container can store audio, video, or both, the M4A naming and file extension is used to hint that this MP4 container holds solely audio information.