Case vs. Pack — What's the Difference?

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

A collection of items tied up or wrapped; a bundle.

An instance of a disease, injury, or problem

A container made to be carried on the body of a person or animal.

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

The amount, as of food, that is processed and packaged at one time or in one season.

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

A small package containing a standard number of identical or similar items

A container designed to hold or protect something

A complete set of related items

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

(Informal) A large amount; a heap

Surround in a material or substance

A group of animals, such as dogs or wolves, that run and hunt together.

Reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery

A gang of people

An instance or occurrence of a particular kind or category

An organized troop having common interests

An occurrence of a disease or disorder

A mass of large pieces of floating ice driven together.

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

Material, such as towels, sheets, or blankets that are used to swathe a patient or body part.

Actual fact; reality

A material, such as gauze, that is therapeutically inserted into a body cavity or wound.

A question or problem; a matter

An ice pack used to reduce pain and inflammation.

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

A cold pack.

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

A hot pack.

The facts or evidence offered in support of a claim.

A cosmetic paste that is applied to the skin, allowed to dry, and then rinsed off.

A set of reasons or supporting facts; an argument

Variant of pac.

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

To fold, roll, or combine into a bundle; wrap up.

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

To put into a receptacle for transporting or storing

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.

To fill up with items

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.

To process and put into containers in order to preserve, transport, or sell

A container; a receptacle

To bring together (persons or things) closely; crowd together

A container with its contents.

To fill up tight; cram.

A decorative or protective covering or cover.

To wrap (a patient) in a pack.

A set or pair

To insert a pack into (a body cavity or wound).

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

To wrap tightly for protection or to prevent leakage

The surface or outer layer of a metal alloy.

To press together; compact firmly

A shallow compartmented tray for storing type or type matrices.

(Informal) To carry, deliver, or have available for action

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

To send unceremoniously

To put into or cover with a case; encase.

To constitute (a voting panel) by appointment, selection, or arrangement in such a way that it is favorable to one's purposes or point of view; rig

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

To place one's belongings in boxes or luggage for transporting or storing.

An actual event, situation, or fact.

To be susceptible of compact storage

A given condition or state.

To form lumps or masses; become compacted.

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.

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

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack

(legal) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

A multitude.

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

A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.

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

A full set of playing cards

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

The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.

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

A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.

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

A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

A flock of knots.

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

A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.

An enclosing frame or casing.

A group of Cub Scouts.

A suitcase.

A shook of cask staves.

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

A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.

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

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

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).

(medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

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

(slang) A loose, lewd, or worthless person. en

(poker slang) Four of a kind.

A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.

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

(rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.

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

(roller derby) The largest group of blockers from both teams skating in close proximity.

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

(physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.

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

(transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack

A counterfeit crown five-shilling coin.

(transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.

(obsolete) to propose hypothetical cases

(transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.

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

(transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.

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

(intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

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

(intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.

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

To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.

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.

To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.

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

(social) To cheat.

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

To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage

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

(transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.

A small fissure which admits water to the workings.

(transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.

(intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.

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.

(transitive) To load with a pack

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

To load; to encumber.

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.

To move, send or carry.

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.

(transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.

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

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).

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

(intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.

To propose hypothetical cases.

To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.

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

To block a shot, especially in basketball.

An occurrence of something;

To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.

A special set of circumstances;

To wear an object, such as a prosthetic penis, inside one’s trousers to appear more male or masculine.

A problem requiring investigation;

A pact.

The actual state of things;

A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back; a load for an animal; a bale, as of goods.

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

A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.

A portable container for carrying several objects;

A group or quantity of connected or similar things; as, a pack of lies

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

A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.

A person requiring professional services;

An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.

The quantity contained in a case

A loose, lewd, or worthless person. See Baggage.

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

In hydropathic practice, a wrapping of blankets or sheets called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the condition of the blankets or sheets used, put about a patient to give him treatment; also, the fact or condition of being so treated.

A specific state of mind that is temporary;

The forwards who compose one half of the scrummage; also, the scrummage.

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

To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as, to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.

The housing or outer covering of something;

To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

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

To shuffle, sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly; to stack{3} (the deck).

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

To bring together or make up unfairly and fraudulently, in order to secure a certain result; to stack{3}; as, to pack a jury or a caucus.

The enclosing frame around a door or window opening;

To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.

Bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow;

To load with a pack; hence, to load; to encumber; as, to pack a horse.

Look over, usually with the intention to rob;

To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; esp., to send away peremptorily or suddenly; to send packing; - sometimes with off; as, to pack a boy off to school.

Enclose in, or as if in, a case;

To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (i. e., on the backs of men or beasts).

To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine.

To cover, envelop, or protect tightly with something;

To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.

To admit of stowage, or of making up for transportation or storage; to become compressed or to settle together, so as to form a compact mass; as, the goods pack conveniently; wet snow packs well.

To gather in flocks or schools; as, the grouse or the perch begin to pack.

To depart in haste; - generally with off or away.

To unite in bad measures; to confederate for ill purposes; to join in collusion.

A large indefinite number;

A complete collection of similar things

A small parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

An association of criminals;

An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

A group of hunting animals

A cream that cleanses and tones the skin

A sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect

A bundle (especially one carried on the back)

Arrange in a container;

Fill to capacity;

Compress into a wad;

Carry, as on one's back;

Set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome;

Have with oneself; have on one's person;

Press tightly together or cram;

Hike with a backpack;

Press down tightly;

Seal with packing;

Have the property of being packable or compactable or of compacting easily;

Load with a pack

Treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood;