Engraving vs. Inscription — What's the Difference?

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".

A thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book

The art or technique of one that engraves.

The act or an instance of inscribing.

A design or text engraved on a surface.

A marking, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.

An engraved surface for printing.

A piece of material, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed.

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

An enrollment or a registration of names.

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

A short, signed message in a book or on a photograph given as a gift.

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

The usually informal dedication of a book or an artistic work.

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

The act of inscribing.

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

Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.

Present participle of engrave

The text on a coin.

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.

Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

The act or process of inscribing.

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

That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

A print made from an engraving

A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

A block or plate that has been engraved

An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

The activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words