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Carving vs Incrust - What's the difference?

carving | incrust |

As verbs the difference between carving and incrust

is that carving is present participle of lang=en while incrust is to encrust.

As a noun carving

is a carved object.

carving

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A carved object.
    • The carving on the oak panels was ancient.
  • The craft of producing a carved object.
    • He took up carving after his retirement.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (snowboarding) Executing turns without pivoting.

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    incrust

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To encrust.
    • iron incrusted with rust
    a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar
  • * Thomson
    • And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, / Incrusted hard.
  • (art) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.