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Enroll vs Inscription - What's the difference?

enroll | inscription |

As a verb enroll

is to enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list.

As a noun inscription is

text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.

enroll

English

Alternative forms

* enrol (UK) (CA)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list
  • * Prescott
  • All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves.
  • * Milton
  • An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling .
  • To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of
  • They were eager to enroll new recruits.
  • To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something)
  • Have you enrolled in classes yet for this term?
  • (obsolete) To envelop; to enwrap.
  • (Spenser)

    Synonyms

    * (enter in a register) list, note, note down, record, register * (enlist) enlist, sign up, subscribe * (become a member) enlist, join, join up, sign up, subscribe * (join a class) add, register for

    Derived terms

    * enrollee * enroller * enrollment

    inscription

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia inscription) (en noun)
  • Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
  • The text on a coin.
  • Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.