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Messier42 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
The difference of engulf, encompass, surround
The fog engulfed the bridge.
The fog encompassed the bridge.
The fog surrounded the bridge.
How are they different?
The fog encompassed the bridge.
The fog surrounded the bridge.
How are they different?
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The three have a similar meaning: fog settled over the area that includes the bridge. The first sentence is the one you'd usually hear. And the implication here is that there was fog around, on, above, and below the bridge.
- The three have a similar meaning: fog settled over the area that includes the bridge.
- The first sentence is the one you'd usually hear.
- And the implication here is that there was fog around, on, above, and below the bridge.
- The word "encompassed" is a little unusual to use in connection with fog - it is typically used in a more abstract sense, for example, in architecture, graphics, design, etc.
- The implication here is that the fog was around the bridge only, not on, above, or below it.
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The three have a similar meaning: fog settled over the area that includes the bridge.
The first sentence is the one you'd usually hear. And the implication here is that there was fog around, on, above, and below the bridge.
The word "encompassed" is a little unusual to use in connection with fog - it is typically used in a more abstract sense, for example, in architecture, grap
The first sentence is the one you'd usually hear. And the implication here is that there was fog around, on, above, and below the bridge.
The word "encompassed" is a little unusual to use in connection with fog - it is typically used in a more abstract sense, for example, in architecture, grap
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