Carve vs. Engraving — What's the Difference?

To divide into pieces by cutting; slice

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings".

To divide by parceling out

The art or technique of one that engraves.

To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting

A design or text engraved on a surface.

To make or form by or as if by cutting

An engraved surface for printing.

To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully.

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

To make (a turn or turns) smoothly and without skidding, as when skiing or riding a snowboard, by leaning sharply into the direction of the turn.

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

To engrave or cut figures as an art, hobby, or trade.

(printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

To disjoint, slice, and serve meat or poultry.

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

To carve turns, as when skiing.

(music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

(archaic) To cut.

Present participle of engrave

To cut meat in order to serve it.

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

To shape to sculptural effect; to produce (a work) by cutting, or to cut (a material) into a finished work.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

(snowboarding) To perform a series of turns without pivoting, so that the tip and tail of the snowboard take the same path.

An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

(figuratively) To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

A print made from an engraving

To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

A block or plate that has been engraved

(obsolete) A carucate.

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

The act of carving

To cut.

To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.

To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.

To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion.

To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

A carucate.

Form by carving;

Engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface;

Cut to pieces;