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Lithography vs Autography - What's the difference?

lithography | autography |

As nouns the difference between lithography and autography

is that lithography is the process of printing a lithograph on a hard, flat surface; originally the printing surface was a flat piece of stone that was etched with acid to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate while autography is writing in one's own handwriting.

lithography

English

(wikipedia lithography)

Noun

  • The process of printing a lithograph on a hard, flat surface; originally the printing surface was a flat piece of stone that was etched with acid to form a surface that would selectively transfer ink to the paper; the stone has now been replaced, in general, with a metal plate.

    • Derived terms

    * chromolithography * stereolithography

    autography

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • writing in one's own handwriting
  • A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone.

    • Related terms

    * autograph