The difference between All-encompassing and Blanket

When used as adjectives, all-encompassing means including everything, whereas blanket means general.

Blanket is also noun with the meaning: a heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

Blanket is also verb with the meaning: to cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

check bellow for the other definitions of All-encompassing and Blanket

Blanket as a noun:

A heavy, loosely woven fabric, usually large and woollen, used for warmth while sleeping or resting.

Examples:

"The baby was cold, so his mother put a blanket over him."
Blanket as a noun:

A layer of anything.

Examples:

"The city woke under a thick blanket of fog."
Blanket as a noun:

A thick rubber mat used in the offset printing process to transfer ink from the plate to the paper being printed.

Examples:

"A press operator must carefully wash the blanket whenever changing a plate."
Blanket as a noun:

A streak or layer of blubber in whales.

Blanket as an adjective:

General; covering or encompassing everything.

Examples:

"They sought to create a blanket solution for all situations."

"a blanket ban"

Blanket as a verb (transitive):

To cover with, or as if with, a blanket.

Examples:

"A fresh layer of snow blanketed the area."
Blanket as a verb (transitive):

To traverse or complete thoroughly.

Examples:

"The salesman blanketed the entire neighborhood."
Blanket as a verb:

To toss in a blanket by way of punishment.
Blanket as a verb:

To take the wind out of the sails of (another vessel) by sailing to windward of her.