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Etcher vs Etches - What's the difference?

etcher | etches |

As a noun etcher

is a person who etches.

As a verb etches is

(etch).

etcher

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who etches

    • etches

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (etch)

    • etch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Germanic, cognate with Dutch ets .

    Verb

  • To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  • To engrave a surface.
  • (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
    • The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
  • To sketch; to delineate.
  • * John Locke
    • There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    • (Mortimer)

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