Engrave vs. Carve — What's the Difference?

To carve, cut, or etch into a material

To divide into pieces by cutting; slice

To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into

To divide by parceling out

To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.

To cut into a desired shape; fashion by cutting

To print from a block or plate made by such a process.

To make or form by or as if by cutting

To impress deeply as if by carving or etching

To decorate by cutting and shaping carefully.

(transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.

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.

(transitive) To carve (something) into a material.

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

(obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.

To disjoint, slice, and serve meat or poultry.

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

To carve turns, as when skiing.

To cut in; to make by incision.

(archaic) To cut.

To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

To cut meat in order to serve it.

To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

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

To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.

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

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;

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

Impress or affect deeply;

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

Carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block;

(obsolete) A carucate.

Carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into;

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;