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Graven vs Sculptile - What's the difference?

graven | sculptile |

As adjectives the difference between graven and sculptile

is that graven is carved, engraved while sculptile is (obsolete) formed by carving; graven.

As a verb graven

is .

graven

English

Adjective

(-)
  • carved, engraved
  • * Old Testament (Exodus 20:4 KJV)
    • Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
  • Something fashioned by man, or something man-made. Anything made by man's hands.
  • Something that is not alive, but made dead, from the grave.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • :* {{quote-book
    • , year=1872 , year_published=2009 , edition=HTML , editor= , author=James De Mille , title=The Cryptogram , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks. }} English adjectives ending in -en ----

    sculptile

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Formed by carving; graven.
    • sculptile images
    (Sir Thomas Browne)
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