Inscribe vs Scribe - What's the difference?
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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.
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
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# A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession(w).
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A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
A writer, especially a journalist.
To write.
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
To record.
To write or draw with a scribe.
(carpentry) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Scribe is a related term of inscribe.
As verbs the difference between inscribe and scribe
is that inscribe is to write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave while scribe is to write.As a noun scribe is
one who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.inscribe
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* (l), (l)scribe
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* amanuensis * scrivener * tabellionDerived terms
* scribal *Verb
(scrib)- (Spenser)