The difference between Cover and Housing
When used as nouns, cover means a lid, whereas housing means the activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
Cover is also verb with the meaning: to place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
Cover is also adjective with the meaning: of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
check bellow for the other definitions of Cover and Housing
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Cover as a noun:
A lid.
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Cover as a noun (uncountable):
Area or situation which screens a person or thing from view.
Examples:
"The soldiers took cover behind a ruined building."
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Cover as a noun:
The front and back of a book, magazine, CD package, etc.
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Cover as a noun:
The top sheet of a bed.
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Cover as a noun:
A cloth, usually fitted, placed over an item such as a car or sofa to protect it from dust, rain, etc. when not in use.
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Cover as a noun:
A cover charge.
Examples:
"There's a $15 cover tonight."
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Cover as a noun:
A setting at a restaurant table or formal dinner.
Examples:
"We need to set another cover for the Smith party."
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Cover as a noun (music):
A rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.
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Cover as a noun (cricket):
A fielding position on the off side, between point and mid off, about 30 forward of square; a fielder in this position.
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Cover as a noun (topology):
A set (more often known as a family) of sets, whose union contains the given set.
Examples:
"The open intervals are a cover for the real numbers."
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Cover as a noun (philately):
An envelope complete with stamps and postmarks etc.
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Cover as a noun (military):
A solid object, including terrain, that provides protection from enemy fire.
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Cover as a noun (legal):
In commercial law, a buyer's purchase on the open market of goods similar or identical to the goods contracted for after a seller has breached a contract of sale by failure to deliver the goods contracted for.
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Cover as a noun (insurance):
An insurance contract; coverage by an insurance contract.
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Cover as a noun (espionage):
A persona maintained by a spy or undercover operative; cover story.
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Cover as a noun (dated):
A swindler's confederate.
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Cover as a noun:
The portion of a slate, tile, or shingle that is hidden by the overlap of the course above.
Examples:
"rfquotek Knight"
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Cover as a noun:
In a steam engine, the lap of a slide valve.
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Cover as a noun (construction):
The distance between reinforcing steel and the exterior of concrete.
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Cover as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to the front cover of a book or magazine.
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Cover as an adjective (music):
Of, pertaining to, or consisting of cover versions.
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Cover as a verb (transitive):
To place something over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
Examples:
"He covered the baby with a blanket."
"When the pot comes to a boil, cover it and reduce the heat to medium."
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Cover as a verb (transitive):
To be over or upon, as to conceal or protect.
Examples:
"The blanket covered the baby."
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Cover as a verb (transitive):
To be upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
Examples:
"Regular hexagons can cover the plane."
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Cover as a verb (transitive):
To set upon all of, so as to completely conceal.
Examples:
"You can cover the plane with regular hexagons."
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Cover as a verb (transitive):
To invest (oneself with something); to bring upon (oneself).
Examples:
"The heroic soldier covered himself with glory."
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Cover as a verb (of a publication):
To discuss thoroughly; to provide coverage of.
Examples:
"The magazine covers such diverse topics as politics, news from the world of science, and the economy."
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Cover as a verb:
To deal with or include someone or something.
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Cover as a verb:
To be enough money for.
Examples:
"We've earned enough to cover most of our costs."
"Ten dollars should cover lunch."
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Cover as a verb (intransitive):
To act as a replacement.
Examples:
"I need to take off Tuesday. Can you cover for me?"
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Cover as a verb (transitive):
To have as an assignment or responsibility.
Examples:
"Can you cover the morning shift tomorrow? I'll give you off next Monday instead."
"He is our salesman covering companies with headquarters in the northern provinces."
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Cover as a verb (music):
To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).
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Cover as a verb (military, law enforcement):
To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.
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Cover as a verb:
To provide insurance coverage for.
Examples:
"Does my policy cover accidental loss?"
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Cover as a verb:
To copulate with (said of certain male animals such as dogs and horses).
Examples:
"I would like to have my bitch covered next spring."
"The stallion has not covered the mare yet."
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Cover as a verb (chess, transitive):
To protect or control (a piece or square).
Examples:
"In order to checkmate a king on the side of the board, the five squares adjacent to the king must all be covered."
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Cover as a verb:
To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.
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Cover as a verb (sports):
To defend a particular player or area.
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Housing as a verb:
Examples:
"We are housing the company's servers in Florida."
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Housing as a noun (uncountable):
The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone.
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Housing as a noun (uncountable):
Residences, collectively.
Examples:
"She lives in low-income housing."
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Housing as a noun (countable):
A mechanical component's container or covering.
Examples:
"The gears were grinding against their housing."
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Housing as a noun:
A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings.
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Housing as a noun:
An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness.
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Housing as a noun (architecture):
The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another.
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Housing as a noun:
A niche for a statue.
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Housing as a noun (nautical):
That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel.
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Housing as a noun (nautical):
A houseline.