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Incrust vs Encrust - What's the difference?

incrust | encrust |

Encrust is a alternative form of incrust.



As verbs the difference between incrust and encrust

is that incrust is to encrust while encrust is to cover with a hard crust.

incrust

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To encrust.
    • iron incrusted with rust
    a sweetmeat incrusted with sugar
  • * Thomson
    • And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, / Incrusted hard.
  • (art) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.

    • encrust

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incrust

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover with a hard crust.
  • To inset or affix decorative materials upon a surface