What's the difference between enclose and encompass?

Enclose


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To inclose. See Inclose.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Segmentally enclosed thrombolysis (SET) was undertaken immediately after PTA, when a double balloon catheter was positioned with a balloon at each end of dilated segments.
  • (2) These cases illustrate the danger of using such heating sources in enclosed spaces, due to their carbon monoxide-generating capability.
  • (3) Short-range ammunition was developed for use by law enforcement personnel in congested, enclosed areas and primarily as a hijacking deterrent in commercial airliners.
  • (4) As part of our investigation of the behaviour of suture materials, 3-0 sutures of polydioxanone and Maxon were enclosed in nylon pouches, a technique developed for in vivo experiments to prevent cellular interaction with implanted devices.
  • (5) Old fishing nets and briny ropes enclose the gardens, and lines of washing flap in the Atlantic breeze.
  • (6) In the presence of 0.02 mM verapamil, the maturation of cumulus-enclosed oocytes was not affected, whereas at the same dose of verapamil the maturation of denuded oocytes was inhibited.
  • (7) As part of a concerted effort to avoid the in danger listing, the Queensland government came up with an alternative plan to dump the sediment within an enclosed area of the Caley Valley wetlands, which is considered nationally important habitat for more than 15 species of migratory birds.
  • (8) Schwann cells enclose vestibular ganglion cells and their peripheral nerve fibres already on the 15th-16th gestational days.
  • (9) The lead shield encloses only the testes, allowing its use with nearly any radiation field that does not include the testes.
  • (10) An alveolar pattern is formed enclosing each of the adjacent cells.
  • (11) 1965.-Thin sections of filterable hemolytic anemia agent of rat, now identified as Haemobartonella muris, revealed (i) that the agent is spherical or ellipsoidal and 350 to 700 mmu in size, (ii) that it has a single limiting membrane enclosing granules and some filaments (neither cell wall nor nucleoid was found), and (iii) that it is found preferentially at the surface and sometimes within the cytoplasmic vacuoles of erythrocytes in the circulating blood and bone marrow, and multiplies there through binary fission.
  • (12) Water was being trapped by capillary action between the minute overlapping moss leaves long enough for it to deposit its load of calcium salts, enclosing the plants in a stone straitjacket.
  • (13) Treated embryos showed a delay in the longitudinal growth of the tibia, as well as in the growth of all structures enclosed by the perichondrium-periosteum.
  • (14) In 1 case, the cleft is enclosed on its medial side by cartilage only.
  • (15) Immediately before in vitro insemination, the oocytes were divided into three types with different follicle cells: denuded and corona- and cumulus-enclosed oocytes.
  • (16) The nerve bundles, encircled by basal lamina, were enclosed by a thin connective tissue layer and by flattened fibroblast-like cells.
  • (17) The germarium encloses mononucleate and binucleate trophocytes, prefollicular tissue and oogonia, while the vitellarium contains 2-5 oocytes arranged in order of maturity.
  • (18) The tissue is elastic, as also is the enclosed air.
  • (19) Previous experiments with nerves enclosed in millipore diffusion chambers had shown that myelin degradation during Wallerian degeneration depends on invasion by non-resident cells.
  • (20) n. differ from those in other congeneric species mainly in the absence of small spines on the surface of the transparent envelope enclosing the egg proper, measurements (size of eggs 0.069-0.075 x 0.027-0.030 mm) and their localization in the host.

Encompass


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is recognized that caregivers encompass family members and nursing staff.
  • (2) The diagnosis of "autism" has been used to encompass a heterogeneous group of children who may differ in etiology, clinical manifestations, prognosis, and needed treatment.
  • (3) Zebrin II-negative Purkinje cells are present in a continuous region encompassing the rostromedial part of the valvula, the lobus transitorius, lobe C1 and the ventral part of lobe C2, and in a small, lateral zone of the posterior part of the caudal lobe.
  • (4) Restriction fragments of all genes were sequenced: two over 800 bp, covering signals of the 5'- and 3'-non-coding regions, three encompassing the complete coding region and part of the 5', the remaining sequences covering most of the V coding region.
  • (5) Observation encompassed the control period which lasted one hour followed by an experimental period of fetal hypoxemia created by decreasing maternal FIO2.
  • (6) Eight of 10 residues encompassing a continuous region of protection within RB3 (positions -45 to -36) matched in the inverted orientation the conserved core sequence (ACCGTTCGTC) of RB1 and RB2.
  • (7) This encompassed conversion of the hydroxyl groups at 2',4' and 23 of the appropriate macrolides to the corresponding esters, in which a variety of different substitution patterns were examined.
  • (8) This strategy should encompass environmental measures, self-care activities, and health education; it should carefully weigh the prospective costs and benefits of proposed preventive measures; and it should see that such measures are tailored to the needs of the various specific groups within the general population.
  • (9) The region of the AcMNPV genome encompassing EcoRI-H and -S (map positions 82.6-85.8) contains five open reading frames (ORFs) forming one transcriptional unit.
  • (10) The human plasma lipoproteins encompass a broad spectrum of particles of widely varying physical and chemical properties whose metabolism is directed by their protein components.
  • (11) We believe that the issues encompassed in this survey will affect the future practice of optometry.
  • (12) Antibodies were raised against a synthetic dodecameric peptide KGAGQVVAGPWK (K12K), encompassing sequences thought to be important for the function of the cysteine proteinase inhibitors of the cystatin superfamily.
  • (13) We report here the construction of a genomic library containing overlapping cDNA clones encompassing the entire genome.
  • (14) The microdomain (185 base-pairs (bp), composed of 128 bp encompassing the central part of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae ADH II promoter plus 57 bp of a polylinker) was obtained by ligation under conditions that produced three circularized forms characterized by different linkage numbers.
  • (15) The introduction and acceptance of percutaneous nephrostomy as a safe and effective alternative to surgical nephrostomy served as the impetus for the development and expansion of an ever-increasing number of techniques that are encompassed by the term "interventional uroradiology."
  • (16) This study encompasses 3150 transfused kidney transplant recipients of whom 765 have received CsA.
  • (17) So, if the Fed is afraid that the fiscal cliff may cause a disruption so big that even the Fed's all-encompassing embrace of the markets can't fix it, then it's Chairman Bernanke's word – and not that of Congress – that carries the most weight.
  • (18) The mutations are located at sixteen recombinationally separable sites or are deletions encompassing several sites.
  • (19) This article investigates this question by examining the views of the logical positivists, Karl Popper and Imre Lakatos, and concludes that the practice of science and psychotherapy involves metaphysics in (a) problem choice, (b) research and therapy design, (c) observation statements, (d) resolving the Duhemian problem, and (e) modifying hypotheses to encompass anomalous results.
  • (20) This interference component encompasses all phenomena that are uniquely related to duocultures, such as resource partitioning, mutual stimulation, inhibition and complementation.