Sporangium vs. Capsule — What's the Difference?

A sporangium (pl., sporangia) (modern Latin, from Greek σπόρος (sporos) ‘spore’ + ἀγγεῖον (angeion) ‘vessel’) is an enclosure in which spores are formed. It can be composed of a single cell or can be multicellular.

A small soluble container, usually made of gelatin, that encloses a dose of an oral medicine or a vitamin.

A single-celled or many-celled structure in which spores are produced, especially in fungi, algae, mosses, and ferns. Also called spore case.

(Anatomy) A fibrous, membranous, or fatty sheath that encloses an organ or part, such as the sac surrounding the kidney or the fibrous tissues that surround a joint.

A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.

(Microbiology) A polysaccharide outer shell enveloping certain bacteria.

A spore case in the cryptogamous plants, as in ferns, etc.

A dry dehiscent fruit that develops from two or more united carpels.

Organ containing or producing spores

The thin-walled, spore-containing structure of mosses and related plants.

A space capsule.

A brief summary; a condensation.

Highly condensed; very brief

Very small; compact.

To enclose in or furnish with a capsule.

To condense or summarize

(physiology) A membranous envelope.

(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.

(botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

(anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver

(anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball

(astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.

(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.

In a brief, condensed or compact form

(winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.

A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

(transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.

(transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

A dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.

A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.

A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

A small container

A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside

A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

A shortened version of a written work

A structure that encloses a body part

A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space

A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

Enclose in a capsule

Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume;