Ascribe vs. Inscribe — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Ascribe and Inscribe
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Ascribe
Regard something as being due to (a cause)
He ascribed Jane's short temper to her upset stomach
Inscribe
To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
Ascribe
To regard as arising from a specified cause or source
"Other people ascribe his exclusion from the canon to an unsubtle form of racism" (Daniel Pinchbeck).
Inscribe
To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
Ascribe
To regard as belonging to or produced by a specified agent, place, or time
Ascribed the poem to Shakespeare.
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Inscribe
To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
Ascribe
(transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.
One may ascribe these problems to the federal government; however, at this stage it is unclear what caused them.
Inscribe
To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
Ascribe
(transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.
It is arguable as to whether we can truly ascribe this play to Shakespeare.
Inscribe
To dedicate to someone.
Ascribe
To believe in or agree with; subscribe.
Inscribe
(Mathematics) To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.
Ascribe
To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.
The finest [speech] that is ascribed to Satan in the whole poem.
Inscribe
(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
I inscribed my name into the book.
Ascribe
To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.
More than good-will to me attribute naught.
Ascribes his gettings to his parts and merit.
And fairly quit him of the imputed blame.
Inscribe
(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
Ascribe
Attribute or credit to;
We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare
People impute great cleverness to cats
Inscribe
To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
Inscribe
To mark with letters, characters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
Inscribe
To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.
Inscribe
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
Inscribe
To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
Inscribe
Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;
Engrave a pen
Engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup
Inscribe
Register formally as a participant or member;
The party recruited many new members
Inscribe
Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
Inscribe
Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
Inscribe
Mark with one's signature;
The author autographed his book
Inscribe
Convert ordinary language into code;
We should encode the message for security reasons
Inscribe
Address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication
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