Wrap vs Garble - What's the difference?
wrap | garble |
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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(obsolete) To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.
To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account.
To make false by mutilation or addition
(obsolete) refuse; rubbish
(obsolete) Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between wrap and garble
is that wrap is wrap (food) while garble is (obsolete) refuse; rubbish.As a verb garble is
(obsolete) to sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt; as, to garble spices.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
* ----garble
English
Verb
- The editor garbled the story.
Derived terms
* garbley gookNoun
(en noun)- (Wolcott)