Casing vs Character - What's the Difference?
Definition as Noun
- the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
- the housing or outer covering of something
Definition as Noun
- good repute
- (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
- the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions
- an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
- a written symbol that is used to represent speech
- a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
- a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability
- an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
Definition as Verb
- engrave or inscribe characters on
Examples
- "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
- "the clock has a walnut case"
- "he is a man of character"
- "a real character"; "a strange character"; "a friendly eccentric"; "the capable type"; "a mental case"
- "education has for its object the formation of character"- Herbert Spencer
- "she is the main character in the novel"
- "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
- "each town has a quality all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
- "requests for character references are all too often answered evasively"
- "she played the part of Desdemona"