drypoint

In uncountable terms the difference between etching and drypoint

is that etching is the art of producing an from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid while drypoint is a technique of intaglio printmaking in which an is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.

In countable terms the difference between etching and drypoint

is that etching is the image created by this process while drypoint is a print made using this technique.

As a verb etching

is present participle of lang=en.