The U.S. Postal Service processes 6,050 mail pieces every second, employs more than 8 million people, and is part of a $1.3 trillion mailing industry that envelops most of the known world.
This pair, envelop and envelope, differ by just one letter and are different parts of speech with distinct meanings.
Envelop, envelope – Envelop, a transitive verb, means to completely cover, enclose, or surround someone or something. Envelope, a noun, is a flat container that covers a letter or other object, often for mailing or delivery. It also refers to a set of performance or conventionally accepted limits.
“Let me envelop you in the warm, fuzzy envelope of my love.” – Gary Michael
“She pushed the envelope of her endurance by running an extra mile.”
“Enveloped by the stacks of papers he had to grade, he felt overwhelmed.”
Barbara McNichol is a nonfiction editor, who works with authors, speakers, and business professionals to add power to their pen through the written word. Barbara wrote Word Trippers: The Ultimate Source for Choosing the Perfect Word When It Really Matters. She offers helpful writing tips weekly and a course to take your writing and editing to the next level: “WordShops: Strengthen Everything You Write.”
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