Engrave vs. Engraving — What's the Difference?

To carve, cut, or etch into a material

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 carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into

The art or technique of one that engraves.

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

A design or text engraved on a surface.

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

An engraved surface for printing.

To impress deeply as if by carving or etching

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

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

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

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

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

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

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

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

To cut in; to make by incision.

Present participle of engrave

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

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

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

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

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

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

A print made from an engraving

Impress or affect deeply;

A block or plate that has been engraved

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

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

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