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Graven vs Sculptured - What's the difference?

graven | sculptured |

As adjectives the difference between graven and sculptured

is that graven is carved, engraved while sculptured is made like a sculpture.

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 ----

    sculptured

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made like a sculpture.
  • Well shaped.
    • His sculptured features drew appreciative looks.

    Related terms

    * sculpted