Encompass vs. Engulf — What's the Difference?

Encompass, the Enterprise Computing Association, was the original computer user group for business customers of Hewlett-Packard. Encompass's history began with DECUS, founded in 1961, for customers of the Digital Equipment Corporation, which was acquired in 1998 by Compaq.

To swallow up or overwhelm by or as if by overflowing and enclosing

To form a circle or ring around; encircle.

(transitive) To overwhelm.

To enclose; envelop

(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.

To have as part of something larger; include

(transitive) To cast into a gulf.

(transitive) To form a circle around; to encircle.

To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.

(transitive) To include within its scope; to circumscribe or go round so as to surround; to enclose; to contain.

Engross (oneself) fully;

(transitive) To include completely; to describe fully or comprehensively.

Flow over or cover completely;

(transitive) To go around, especially, to circumnavigate.

To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world.

Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory;