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What is the difference between escutcheon and augmentation?

escutcheon | augmentation |

In context|heraldry|lang=en terms the difference between escutcheon and augmentation

is that escutcheon is (heraldry) an individual or corporate coat of arms while augmentation is (heraldry) a particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.

As nouns the difference between escutcheon and augmentation

is that escutcheon is (heraldry) an individual or corporate coat of arms while augmentation is the act or process of augmenting.

escutcheon

English

Noun

(wikipedia escutcheon) (en noun)
  • (heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms.
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  • (heraldiccharge) A small shield used to charge a larger one.
  • (medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound.
  • A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities.
  • * 1867 , Charles Louis Flint, Milch cows and dairy farming
  • The milk-mirror, or escutcheon , is formed by the hair above the udder, extending upwards between the thighs,
  • (nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed.
  • A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes.
  • The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
  • The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
  • Derived terms

    * blot on the escutcheon * escutcheoned * escutcheon pin

    augmentation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of augmenting.
  • (heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
  • (medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
  • (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
  • (music) a compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by multiplying the length of each note by the same number
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