Adscript vs. Subscript — What's the Difference?

Adscript (from Latin ad, "on" or "to", and scribere, "to write") means something written after, as opposed to subscript which means written under.A laborer was called an "adscript of the soil" (adscriptus glebae) when he could be sold or transferred with the land, as under feudal villeinage and with serfdom in the Russian Empire until 1861.

A distinguishing character or symbol written directly beneath or next to and slightly below a letter or number.

A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.

Written beneath.

(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.

(typography) A type of lettering form written lower than the things around it.

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

(programming) An index into an array or hash.

(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.

To provide with a subscript.

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

To convert to a subscript form.

One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.

To access (an array element) by its index.

Written or printed above and to one side of another character

Written underneath.

(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner;

Anything written below.

A character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character

Written or printed above and to one side of another character