Pattern wording a bit confusing

How-to Questions
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Hi all,

I’m working on a cardigan, and I’m a bit confused with the directions for the shoulder/neck shaping.

Here’s what the pattern says (I’m working on the back, btw):
[B]
Bind off 7 sts at beg of next 2 rows. [/B](I get that)

[B]Bind off 7 sts at beg of next row, knit until there are 11 sts on right hand needle. Turn and bind off 4 sts, purl to end. Bind off rem sts. [/B] (This I understand as well… I think. I was typing all this out, and in doing so, realized that I read the pattern wrong the first time, so I know what I have to fix.)

[B]Rejoin yarn, cast off center 26 sts, knit to end. Complete to match first side, reversing shaping.[/B]

I know cast off is used by some to say “bind off,” but why is it used in the pattern when everywhere else she says “bind off?” Does it mean something different here?

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Nope, it means the same thing. Could be the writer is knitting `bilingual’ and uses both terms interchangeably. Or it was redone from another pattern and not all the terms were changed.