Wreathe vs Encircle - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between wreathe and encircle

is that wreathe is to curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath while encircle is to surround, form a circle around.

is that wreathe is to twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath while encircle is to surround, form a circle around.

(wreath)

To twist, curl or entwine something into a shape similar to a wreath

To form a wreathlike shape around something

To curl, writhe or spiral in the form of a wreath

(obsolete) To turn violently aside or around; to wrench.

*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:

*:from so heauie sight his head did wreath , / Accusing fortune, and too cruell fate [...].