Inscribe vs Engrave - What's the difference?
inscribe | engrave |
To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave.
(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
(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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(obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.i:
Engrave is a synonym of inscribe.
In transitive terms the difference between inscribe and engrave
is that inscribe is to write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave while engrave is to carve (something) into a material.inscribe
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(en-verb)Synonyms
* (l), (l)engrave
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* (l)Etymology 1
From earlier ingrave, equivalent to . More at (l).Verb
(engrav)Synonyms
* carve, etch, inscribeEtymology 2
From .Verb
(engrav)- So both agree their bodies to engraue ; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].