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Caption vs Engraving - What's the difference?

caption | engraving |

In lang=en terms the difference between caption and engraving

is that caption is the section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized while engraving is   The art of drawing music notation at high quality, see Engraving.

As nouns the difference between caption and engraving

is that caption is the descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof while engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

As verbs the difference between caption and engraving

is that caption is to add captions to a text or illustration while engraving is present participle of lang=en.

caption

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (typography) The descriptive heading or title of a document or part therof
  • A title or brief explanation attached to an illustration, cartoon, user interface element, etc.
  • (cinematography) A piece of text appearing on screen as subtitle or other part of a film or broadcast.
  • (legal) The section on an official paper that describes when, where, what was taken, found or executed, and by whom it was authorized.
  • (obsolete, legal) A seizure or capture, especially of tangible property (chattel).
  • * 1919 Thomas Welburn Hughes. A treatise on criminal law and procedure. The Bobbs-Merril Co., Indianapolis, IN, USA. Sec. 557 (p. 378).
  • The caption and asportation must be felonious.

    Usage notes

    In film and video, captions'' may transcribe or describe all significant dialogue and sound for viewers who cannot hear it, while ''subtitles translate foreign-language dialogue.

    Derived terms

    * captionable, captioned, captioner, captioning * (film) closed caption, closed-caption, closed captions, closed captioned, closed-captioned, close captioned, close-captioned, closed captioning, closed-captioning * (film) open caption, open-caption, open captions * (film) real time caption, real-time caption, real time captioning, real-time captioning

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To add captions to a text or illustration.
  • Only once the drawing is done will the letterer caption it.
  • To add captions to a film or broadcast.
  • Anagrams

    Pontiac

    engraving

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia engraving) (en noun)
  • The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
  • An engraved image.
  • * , chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood.}}
  • (music)  The art of drawing music notation at high quality, see .
  • Verb

    (head)