Etches vs Etched - What's the difference?
etches | etched |
(etch)
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.
To sketch; to delineate.
* John Locke
Cut or dug into the surface as by etching.
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(etch)
As verbs the difference between etches and etched
is that etches is (etch) while etched is (etch).As an adjective etched is
cut or dug into the surface as by etching.etches
English
Verb
(head)etch
English
Etymology 1
Germanic, cognate with Dutch ets .Verb
- The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
- 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)