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Inscribe vs Scribe - What's the difference?

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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

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • 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.
  • Synonyms

    * (l), (l)

    scribe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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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  • (archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
  • A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
  • A writer, especially a journalist.
  • Synonyms

    * amanuensis * scrivener * tabellion

    Derived terms

    * scribal *

    Verb

    (scrib)
  • To write.
  • To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
  • (Spenser)
  • 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.
  • See also

    * notary