different between wrapper vs overwrap

English

Etymology

From Middle English wrappere, equivalent to wrap +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æp?/
• Homophone: rapper
• Hyphenation: wrap?per
• Rhymes: -æp?(r)

Noun

wrapper (plural wrappers)

1. Something that is wrapped around something else as a cover or protection: a wrapping.
2. An outer garment; a loose robe or dressing gown.
   • 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:

     ‘Please to examine, at your leisure, the inner linings of the cuff of his left sleeve, and the several little packages which may be found in the somewhat capacious pockets of his embroidered morning wrapper.’

   • 1855, Charles Dickens, The Holly-Tree

     It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.

3. One who, or that which, wraps.

   He proved to be a remarkably efficient wrapper of parcels.

4. (object-oriented programming) A construct, such as a class or module, that serves to mediate access to another.

   We need a Perl wrapper for this C++ library.

Usage notes

• In the computing sense, wrapper is often used attributively: one can speak of a “wrapper class”, a “wrapper object”, a “wrapper function”, and so on. More broadly, one can speak of the “wrapper pattern”, which is a general term for the creation and use of such wrappers.

Synonyms

• (construct that mediates access): adapter
• wrapper class
• primitive wrapper class

Translations

Descendants

• ? Mmen: lapa

Anagrams

• prewrap

English

Etymology

over- +? wrap

Noun

overwrap (plural overwraps)

1. A secondary wrapper covering an item.

Verb

overwrap (third-person singular simple present overwraps, present participle overwrapping, simple past and past participle overwrapped)

1. (transitive) To wrap in a secondary wrapper.
   • 1985, Wood Southern Africa (volume 11, page 48)

     Each unit load can also be overwrapped completely in multibags, without any of the usual back-breaking work of manually transferring and restacking, and fitting slings or nets when the load is inverted.

2. To wrap such that the wrapping goes beyond the edge.
3. To provide with too many wrappings.

Related terms

• overwrapper

Anagrams

• wrapover