Engraved vs. Inscribed: What's the Difference?

To carve, cut, or etch into a material

To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.

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

To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.

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

To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.

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

To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).

To impress deeply as if by carving or etching

To dedicate to someone.

Simple past tense and past participle of engrave

(Mathematics) To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.

Made by engraving

Simple past tense and past participle of inscribe

Decorated with engravings

Written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

Cut or impressed into a surface;

Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.

Cut or impressed into a surface;