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Tracing vs Stencil - What's the difference?

tracing | stencil |

As nouns the difference between tracing and stencil

is that tracing is the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper while stencil is a utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.

As a verb stencil is

(intransitive) to print with a stencil.

tracing

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper.
  • A record in the form of a graph made by a device such as a seismograph.
  • The process of finding something that is lost by studying evidence.
  • A regular path or track; a course.

    • Related terms

    * trace

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    stencil

    English

    (wikipedia stencil)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A utensil that contains a perforated sheet through which ink can be forced to create a printed pattern onto a surface.
  • A typeface looking as if made by the utensil.

    • Derived terms

    * stencil art

    See also

    * pochoir

    Verb

  • (intransitive) To print with a stencil.

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