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Cursive vs Hieratic - What's the difference?

cursive | hieratic |

As adjectives the difference between cursive and hieratic

is that cursive is running; flowing while hieratic is of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of ancient egypt; sacerdotal.

As nouns the difference between cursive and hieratic

is that cursive is a cursive character, letter or font while hieratic is a writing system used in pharaonic egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs.

cursive

English

(wikipedia cursive)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Running; flowing.
  • Having successive letters joined together.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cursive character, letter or font.
  • A manuscript written in cursive characters.

    • Antonyms

    * print

    Derived terms

    * cursively * cursiveness

    See also

    * handwriting * italic * longhand * shorthand ----

    hieratic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of ancient Egypt; sacerdotal.
  • of or pertaining to the cursive writing system developed by ancient Egyptian priests alongside the hieroglyphic system.
  • (said of a work of art, literature, etc.) extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.
    • Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.

    Noun

    (wikipedia hieratic) (en noun)
  • a writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs.