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Incised vs Engrave - What's the difference?

incised | engrave |

As verbs the difference between incised and engrave

is that incised is (incise) while engrave is .

incised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (incise)

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    incise

    English

    Alternative forms

    * encise

    Verb

    (incis)
  • to cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave

    • engrave

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Etymology 1

    From earlier ingrave, equivalent to . More at (l).

    Verb

    (engrav)
  • (lb) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
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  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
  • (lb) To carve (something) into a material.
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    • Synonyms
    * carve, etch, inscribe

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Verb

    (engrav)
  • (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
    • So both agree their bodies to engraue ; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].

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