case vs situation

case

• An instance or event as a topic of study. 

• An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms. 

• A small fissure which admits water into the workings. 

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

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

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

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

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

• A legal proceeding, lawsuit. 

• A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession. 

• A box, sheath, or covering generally. 

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

• A suitcase. 

• 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). 

• An actual event, situation, or fact. 

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

• An enclosing frame or casing. 

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

• Four of a kind. 

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

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

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

• The last remaining card of a particular rank. 

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

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

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

situation

• The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs. 

• A position of employment; a post. 

• The place in which something is situated; a location. 

• Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances. 

• An outfit, garment, or look. 

• A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem. 

• An individual movie theater. 

• The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.