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Inscription vs Inscriptive - What's the difference?

inscription | inscriptive |

As a noun inscription

is text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.

As an adjective inscriptive is

bearing an inscription.

inscription

English

Noun

(wikipedia inscription) (en noun)
  • Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
  • The text on a coin.
  • Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

    • inscriptive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Bearing an inscription.
  • Of the character or nature of an inscription.
    • (Webster 1913)