Case vs. Example — What's the Difference?

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring

A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule

An instance of a disease, injury, or problem

A person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated

A legal action, especially one to be decided in a court of law

Be illustrated or exemplified

Any of the forms of a noun, adjective, or pronoun that express the semantic relation of the word to other words in the sentence

One that is representative of a group as a whole

A container designed to hold or protect something

One serving as a pattern of a specific kind

Each of the two forms, capital or minuscule, in which a letter of the alphabet may be written or printed.

A similar case that constitutes a model or precedent

Surround in a material or substance

A punishment given as a warning or deterrent

Reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery

One that has been given such a punishment

An instance or occurrence of a particular kind or category

A problem or exercise used to illustrate a principle or method.

An occurrence of a disease or disorder

Something that is representative of all such things in a group.

A set of circumstances or a state of affairs; a situation

Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.

Actual fact; reality

Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).

A question or problem; a matter

A person punished as a warning to others.

A situation that requires investigation, especially by a formal or official body.

A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.

An action or a suit or just grounds for an action.

An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.

The facts or evidence offered in support of a claim.

To be illustrated or exemplified (by). en

A set of reasons or supporting facts; an argument

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

A person being assisted, treated, or studied, as by a physician, lawyer, or social worker.

That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

(Informal) A peculiar or eccentric person; a character.

That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

In traditional grammar, a distinct form of a noun, pronoun, or modifier that is used to express one or more particular syntactic relationships to other words in a sentence.

That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.

Case In some varieties of generative grammar, the thematic or semantic role of a noun phrase as represented abstractly but not necessarily indicated overtly in surface structure. In such frameworks, nouns in English have Case even in the absence of inflectional case endings.

An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

A container; a receptacle

To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.

A container with its contents.

An item of information that is representative of a type;

A decorative or protective covering or cover.

A representative form or pattern;

A set or pair

Something to be imitated;

The frame or framework of a window, door, or stairway.

Punishment intended as a warning to others;

The surface or outer layer of a metal alloy.

An occurrence of something;

A shallow compartmented tray for storing type or type matrices.

A task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding;

The form of a written, printed, or keyed letter that distinguishes it as being lowercase or uppercase

To put into or cover with a case; encase.

(Slang) To examine carefully, as in planning a crime

An actual event, situation, or fact.

A given condition or state.

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

(academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

(legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

(grammar) A specific inflection of a word (particularly a noun, pronoun, or adjective) depending on its function in the sentence.

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

(medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

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

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

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

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

An enclosing frame or casing.

A suitcase.

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

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

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).

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

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

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

(mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.

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

A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.

A counterfeit crown five-shilling coin.

(obsolete) to propose hypothetical cases

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

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

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

(poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.

A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

A small fissure which admits water to the workings.

Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.

A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.

One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.

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

To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.

To propose hypothetical cases.

A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy;

An occurrence of something;

A special set of circumstances;

A problem requiring investigation;

The actual state of things;

A statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument;

A portable container for carrying several objects;

A person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation;

A person requiring professional services;

The quantity contained in a case

A glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home

A specific state of mind that is temporary;

Nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence

The housing or outer covering of something;

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

An enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part

The enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

Look over, usually with the intention to rob;

Enclose in, or as if in, a case;