Hieroglyphic vs. Hieratic — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hieroglyphic and Hieratic
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Hieroglyphic
Of, relating to, or being a system of writing, such as that of ancient Egypt, in which pictorial symbols are used to represent meaning or sounds or a combination of meaning and sound.
Hieratic
Hieratic (; Ancient Greek: ἱερατικά, romanized: hieratiká, lit. 'priestly') is the name given to a cursive writing system used for Ancient Egyptian and the principal script used to write that language from its development in the third millennium BC until the rise of Demotic in the mid-first millennium BC. It was primarily written in ink with a reed pen on papyrus.
Hieroglyphic
Written with such symbols.
Hieratic
Of or associated with sacred persons or offices; sacerdotal.
Hieroglyphic
Difficult to read or decipher.
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Hieratic
Constituting or relating to a simplified cursive style of Egyptian hieroglyphics, used in both sacred and secular writings.
Hieroglyphic
A hieroglyph.
Hieratic
Extremely formal or stylized, as in a work of art.
Hieroglyphic
Often hieroglyphics (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Hieroglyphic writing, especially that of the ancient Egyptians.
Hieratic
Of or pertaining to priests, especially pharaonic priests of Ancient Egypt.
Hieroglyphic
Something, such as illegible or undecipherable writing, that is felt to resemble a hieroglyph.
Hieratic
Of or pertaining to the cursive writing system that developed alongside the hieroglyphic system as its ordinary handwritten counterpart.
Hieroglyphic
A writing system of ancient Egypt, Minoans, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus
Hieratic
(art) Extremely stylized, restrained or formal; adhering to fixed types or methods; severe in emotional import.
Some of the more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved.
Hieroglyphic
Any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph.
Hieratic
(historical) A writing system used in pharaonic Egypt that was developed alongside the hieroglyphic system, primarily written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, allowing scribes to write quickly without resorting to the time consuming hieroglyphs.
Hieroglyphic
(by extension) Undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol.
Hieratic
Consecrated to sacred uses; sacerdotal; pertaining to priests.
It was a false notion of the Greeks that of the three kinds of writing used by the Egyptians, two - for that reason called hieroglyphic and hieratic - were employed only for sacred, while the third, the demotic, was employed for secular, purposes. No such distinction is discoverable on the more ancient Egyptian monuments; bur we retain the old names founded on misapprehension.
Hieroglyphic
Of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols
Hieroglyphic writing
Hieroglyphic obelisk
Hieratic
A cursive form of Egyptian hieroglyphics; used especially by the priests
Hieroglyphic
Difficult to decipher
Hieratic
Associated with the priesthood or priests;
Priestly (or sacerdotal) vestments
Hieratic gestures
Hieroglyphic
Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk.
Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets.
Hieratic
Written or belonging to a cursive form of ancient Egyptian writing;
Hieratic Egyptian script
Hieroglyphic
Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Hieratic
Adhering to fixed types or methods; highly restrained and formal;
The more hieratic sculptures leave the viewer curiously unmoved
Hieroglyphic
Of or pertaining to hieroglyphs.
Hieroglyphic
Writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)
Hieroglyphic
A writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphic
Resembling hieroglyphic writing
Hieroglyphic
Written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols
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