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Subscript vs Adscript - What's the difference?

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Subscript is a see also of adscript.


As nouns the difference between subscript and adscript

is that subscript is (printing) a type of lettering form written lower than the things around it while adscript is a feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.

As an adjective adscript is

held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

subscript

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (printing) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.
  • In chemical formulas the number of atoms in a molecule is written as a subscript , so we write H2O for water which has two atoms of hydrogen for each one of oxygen.
  • (computing) A numerical index into an array.
  • Antonyms

    * superscript

    See also

    * superscribe

    adscript

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
  • (typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
  • See also

    * subscript * superscript

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.