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Bevel vs Emboss - What's the difference?

bevel | emboss |

In transitive terms the difference between bevel and emboss

is that bevel is to give a canted edge to a surface while emboss is to raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.

As a noun bevel

is an edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle.

As an adjective bevel

is having the slant of a bevel; slanting.

bevel

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An edge that is canted, one that is not a 90 degree angle.
    • to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab
  • An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; a bevel square.
    • (Gwilt)

    Verb

  • To give a canted edge to a surface.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the slant of a bevel; slanting.
    • a bevel angle
  • Morally distorted; not upright.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel .

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    emboss

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) embosen, from (etyl) embocer.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To mark or decorate with a raised design or symbol.
    • The papers weren't official until the seal had been embossed on them.
  • To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, etc.
  • * Dryden
    • Then o'er the lofty gate his art embossed / Androgeo's death.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Exhibiting flowers in their natural colour embossed upon a purple ground.

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from . Compare (imbosk).

    Verb

    (es)
  • (label) Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a wood or forest.
  • (label) To drive (an animal) to extremity; to exhaust, to make foam at the mouth.
  • *, II.11:
  • *:And as it commonly happens, that when the Stag begins to be embost , and finds his strength to faile-him, having no other remedie left him, doth yeeld and bequeath himselfe unto us that pursue him, with teares suing to us for mercie.
  • (obsolete) To hide or conceal in a thicket; to imbosk; to enclose, shelter, or shroud in a wood.
  • * Milton
    • in the Arabian woods embossed
  • (label) To surround; to ensheath; to immerse; to beset.
  • * Spenser
    • A knight her met in mighty arms embossed .

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