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Graver vs Graven - What's the difference?

graver | graven |

As adjectives the difference between graver and graven

is that graver is comparative of grave while graven is carved, engraved.

As a noun graver

is a burin.

As a verb graven is

past participle of lang=en.

graver

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a burin
  • a carver or engraver
  • * Tomlinson
    • The graver , in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (grave)
    • ----

    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 ----