Cover and Envelope

Cover

Cover noun - Something that encloses another thing especially to protect it.
Usage example: put the restaurant menus in clear plastic covers so that they would last longer

Envelope is a synonym for cover in covering topic. In some cases you can use "Envelope" instead the word "Cover" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like pouch, wrapping, sleeve.

Nearby Words: covered, covering, coverage, coverlet

Envelope

Envelope noun - A natural covering (as by a fluid).
Usage example: the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet
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Synonyms for Envelope

Cover is a synonym for envelope in wrapper topic. You can use "Cover" instead the word "Envelope" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as pouch, wrapping.

Nearby Words: enveloped, envelopment, enveloping

How words are described

old old cover old envelope
full full cover full envelope
inside inside cover inside envelope
single single cover single envelope
Other adjectives: blank, heavy, entire, real, blue, infamous, black, new, red.

Both words in one sentence

  • Contemptible Cover Pushing the envelope of this trope to the limit, then, we have the Forever Bitch Edition, which cover shows... Yeah.◊
  • With musicians, they can sometimes do cover versions of their own material as a method of pushing the envelope with their own work.
  • Music / Post Stealth Pun: Björk's outfit in the cover image — white, with blue and red diagonal stripes along the lapels — resembles an envelope for first-class international mail.
    Source: Music / Post
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