The difference between Box and Case

When used as nouns, box means a cuboid space, whereas case means an actual event, situation, or fact.

When used as verbs, box means to place inside a box, whereas case means to propose hypothetical cases.

Case is also adjective with the meaning: the last remaining card of a particular rank.

check bellow for the other definitions of Box and Case

  1. Box as a noun (figuratively):

    A cuboid space; a cuboid container, often with a hinged lid. A cuboid container and its contents; as much as fills such a container. A compartment (as a drawer) of an item of furniture used for storage, such as a cupboard, a shelf, etc. A compartment or receptacle for receiving items. # A numbered receptacle at a newspaper office for anonymous replies to advertisements. #* ,|date=1 December 1924|volume=XXIX|issue=6|page=618|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=gz5LAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA618|column=2|oclc=58938924|passage=Add five words for address if replies are to come to a box number address at any of our offices. These replies are forwarded each day as received, in new envelopes at no extra charge. When replying to blind ads be careful to put on your envelope the correct box number and do not enclose original letters of recommendation—send copies.}} A compartment to sit inside in an auditorium, courtroom, theatre or other building. The driver's seat on a horse-drawn coach. A small rectangular shelter; a booth. A predicament or trap. A coffin. Preceded by : television. The vagina. A computer, or the case in which it is housed. A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder. A cylindrical casing around the axle of a wheel, a bearing, a , etc. A device used in electric fencing to detect whether a weapon has struck an opponent, which connects to a fencer's weapon by a spool and body wire. It uses lights and sound to notify a hit, with different coloured lights for on target and off target hits. A small country house.

    Examples:

    "a box of books"

    "[[post box post box]]  [[post office box post office box]]"

    "[[sentry-box sentry-box]]"

    "I’m really in a box now."

    "a UNIX box'"

  2. Box as a noun (baseball):

    A rectangle: an oblong or a square. The rectangle in which the batter stands. One of two specific regions in a promoter. A pattern usually performed with three balls where the movements of the balls make a boxlike shape. The penalty area.

    Examples:

    "Place a tick in the box."

    "This text would stand out better if we put it in a coloured box."

  1. Box as a verb (transitive):

    To place inside a box; to pack in one or more boxes.

  2. Box as a verb (transitive):

    Usually followed by : to surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement; to corner, to hem in.

  3. Box as a verb (transitive):

    To mix two containers of paint of similar colour to ensure that the color is identical.

  4. Box as a verb (transitive, agriculture):

    To make an incision or hole in (a tree) for the purpose of procuring the sap.

  5. Box as a verb (transitive, architecture):

    To enclose with boarding, lathing, etc., so as to conceal (for example, pipes) or to bring to a required form.

  6. Box as a verb (transitive, engineering):

    To furnish (for example, the axle of a wheel) with a box.

  7. Box as a verb (transitive, graphic design, printing):

    To enclose (images, text, etc.) in a box.

  8. Box as a verb (transitive, object-oriented programming):

    To place a value of a primitive type into a corresponding object.

  1. Box as a noun:

    Any of various evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus , especially the common box, , or boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) which is often used for making hedges and topiary.

  2. Box as a noun:

    The wood from a box tree: boxwood.

  3. Box as a noun (musical instrument, slang):

    A musical instrument, especially one made from boxwood.

  4. Box as a noun (Australia):

    An evergreen tree of the genus Lophostemon (for example, the , , , pink box, or , ).

  1. Box as a noun:

    A blow with the fist.

  1. Box as a verb (transitive):

    To strike with the fists; to punch.

    Examples:

    "'box someone’s ears"

    "Leave this place before I box you!"

  2. Box as a verb (transitive, boxing):

    To fight against (a person) in a boxing match.

  3. Box as a verb (intransitive, boxing):

    To participate in boxing; to be a boxer.

  1. Box as a noun (dated):

    A Mediterranean food fish of the genus , which is a variety of sea bream; a bogue or oxeye.

  1. Case as a noun:

    An actual event, situation, or fact.

    Examples:

    "For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth."

    "It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom."

    "In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]"

  2. Case as a noun (now, rare):

    A given condition or state.

  3. Case as a noun:

    A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

    Examples:

    "It was one of the detective's easiest cases.  Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.  The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning."

  4. Case as a noun (academia):

    An instance or event as a topic of study.

    Examples:

    "The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies."

  5. Case as a noun (legal):

    A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

  6. Case as a noun (grammar):

    A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.

    Examples:

    "The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.  Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh."

  7. Case as a noun (grammar, uncountable):

    Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within a specific language.

    Examples:

    "Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.  Latin is a language that employs case."

  8. Case as a noun (medicine):

    An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

    Examples:

    "There were another five cases reported overnight."

  9. Case as a noun (programming):

    A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.

  1. Case as a verb (obsolete):

    To propose hypothetical cases.

  1. Case as a noun:

    A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.

  2. Case as a noun:

    A box, sheath, or covering generally.

    Examples:

    "a case for spectacles; the case of a watch"

  3. Case as a noun:

    A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.

  4. Case as a noun:

    An enclosing frame or casing.

    Examples:

    "a door case; a window case"

  5. Case as a noun:

    A suitcase.

  6. Case as a noun:

    A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be displayed.

  7. Case as a noun:

    The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.

  8. Case as a noun (printing, historical):

    A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally arranged in sets of two, the "upper case" (containing capitals, small capitals, accented) and "lower case" (small letters, figures, punctuation marks, quadrats, and spaces).

  9. Case as a noun (typography, by extension):

    The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case) or “small” (lower case) letter.

  10. Case as a noun (poker slang):

    Four of a kind.

  11. Case as a noun (US):

    A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid ounces.

  12. Case as a noun (mining):

    A small fissure which admits water into the workings.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  13. Case as a noun:

    A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.

  1. Case as an adjective (poker slang):

    The last remaining card of a particular rank.

    Examples:

    "He drew the case eight!"

  1. Case as a verb (transitive):

    To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.

  2. Case as a verb (transitive):

    To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.

  3. Case as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for a robbery.

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