Case vs. Carton

Case (noun)

An actual event, situation, or fact.

“For a change, in this case, he was telling the truth.”

“It is not the case that every unfamiliar phrase is an idiom.”

“In case of fire, break glass. [sign on fire extinguisher holder in public space]”

Case (noun)

A given condition or state.

Case (noun)

A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.

“It was one of the detective’s easiest cases.”

“Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.”

“The doctor told us of an interesting case he had treated that morning.”

Case (noun)

An instance or event as a topic of study.

“The teaching consists of theory lessons and case studies.”

Case (noun)

A legal proceeding, lawsuit.

Case (noun)

A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.

“The accusative case canonically indicates a direct object.”

“Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.”

Case (noun)

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

“Jane has been studying case in Caucasian languages.”

“Latin is a language that employs case.”

Case (noun)

An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.

“There were another five cases reported overnight.”

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

A box, sheath, or covering generally.

“a case for spectacles; the case of a watch”

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

An enclosing frame or casing.

“a door case; a window case”

Case (noun)

A suitcase.

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

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).

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

Four of a kind.

Case (noun)

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

Case (noun)

A small fissure which admits water into the workings.

Case (noun)

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

Case (verb)

To propose hypothetical cases.

Case (verb)

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

Case (verb)

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

Case (verb)

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

Case (adjective)

The last remaining card of a particular rank.

“He drew the case eight!”

Carton (noun)

An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.

“cardboard box|container|package”

“a carton of milk”

Carton (noun)

A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.

“pack”

Carton (noun)

A kind of thin pasteboard.

Carton (noun)

A small disc within the bullseye of a target.

Carton (noun)

A shot that strikes this disc.

Carton (verb)

To put in a carton.

Case (noun)

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

“a case of mistaken identity”

“in many cases farmers do have a deep feeling for their land”

Case (noun)

the situation affecting or relating to a particular person or thing

“I’ll make an exception in your case”

Case (noun)

an incident or set of circumstances under official investigation by the police

“a murder case”

Case (noun)

an instance of a disease, injury, or problem

“200,000 cases of hepatitis B”

Case (noun)

a person or their particular problem requiring or receiving medical or welfare attention

“urgent cases were turned away from the hospital”

“the local social services discussed Gemma’s case”

“most breast cancer cases were older women”

Case (noun)

a person whose situation is regarded as pitiable or as having no chance of improvement

“Vicky was a very sad case”

Case (noun)

an amusing or eccentric person.

Case (noun)

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

“a libel case”

“a former employee brought the case against the council”

Case (noun)

a set of facts or arguments supporting one side in a legal case

“the case for the defence”

Case (noun)

a set of facts or arguments supporting one side of a debate or controversy

“the case against tobacco advertising”

Case (noun)

an agreed summary of the facts relating to a legal case, drawn up for review or decision on a point of law by a higher court.

Case (noun)

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

“the accusative case”

Case (noun)

a container designed to hold or protect something

“a silver cigarette case”

Case (noun)

the outer protective covering of a natural or manufactured object

“a seed case”

Case (noun)

an item of luggage; a suitcase.

Case (noun)

a box containing twelve bottles of wine or other drink, sold as a unit

“a case of champagne”

Case (noun)

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

Case (verb)

surround in a material or substance

“the towers are of steel cased in granite”

Case (verb)

enclose in a protective container

“he cased his glasses carefully and walked out”

Case (verb)

reconnoitre (a place) before carrying out a robbery

“I was casing the joint”

Carton (noun)

a small, light box or container in which drinks or foodstuffs are packaged

“a carton of milk”

Carton (noun)

a large container of goods.