different between encase vs otherwise

English

Alternative forms

• incase

Etymology

From en- +? case.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?s

Verb

encase (third-person singular simple present encases, present participle encasing, simple past and past participle encased)

1. To enclose, as in a case.

Translations

Anagrams

• Neaces, Seneca, acenes, censae, scenae, scæne, seance, séance

English

Etymology

From Middle English otherwise, othre wise, from Old English on ?þre w?san (literally “in (on) other/different manner”); equivalent to other +? -wise. Compare West Frisian yn oarwei (“otherwise”), Icelandic öðruvísi (“otherwise; else”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??.ð??wa?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??.ð??wa?z/

Adverb

otherwise (not comparable)

1. (manner) Differently, in another way.
   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter iii:

     Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. […]

   • 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England

     Fabio Capello insisted Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.

2. (conjunctive)  In different circumstances; or else.
3. (conjunctive) In all other respects.
   • 2013, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport, 1 September:

     Robin van Persie squandered United's best chance late on but otherwise it was a relatively comfortable afternoon for Liverpool's new goalkeeper Simon Mignolet, who has yet to concede a Premier League goal since his £9m summer move from Sunderland.

Usage notes

• "Otherwise" is often used to refer to the negative of something. The something may be a noun phrase, a verb phrase, an adjective phrase, an adverb phrase, a clause, or even something larger.

Synonyms

• (differently): elsewise, contrarily, contrastingly
• (in different circumstances): if not, else (see or else)
• (in all other respects): apart from that

Antonyms

• likewise

Translations

Adjective

otherwise (not comparable)

1. Other than supposed; different.

   He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise.

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