Engraving vs. Inscribe: What's the Difference?

Engraving and Inscribe Definitions
Engraving
The art or technique of one that engraves.
Inscribe
To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
Engraving
A design or text engraved on a surface.
Inscribe
To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
Engraving
An engraved surface for printing.
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Inscribe
To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
Engraving
A print made from an engraved plate or block.
Inscribe
To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
Engraving
(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.
Inscribe
To dedicate to someone.
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Engraving
(printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.
Inscribe
(Mathematics) To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.
Engraving
(countable) A print produced from an engraving.
Inscribe
(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
I inscribed my name into the book.
Engraving
(music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.
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Inscribe
(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
Engraving
Present participle of engrave
Inscribe
To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
Engraving
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.
Inscribe
To mark with letters, characters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
Engraving
That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
Inscribe
To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.
Engraving
An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
Inscribe
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
Engraving
A print made from an engraving
Inscribe
To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.
Engraving
A block or plate that has been engraved
Inscribe
Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface;
Engrave a pen
Engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup
Engraving
Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them
Inscribe
Register formally as a participant or member;
The party recruited many new members
Inscribe
Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
Inscribe
Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
Inscribe
Mark with one's signature;
The author autographed his book
Inscribe
Convert ordinary language into code;
We should encode the message for security reasons
Inscribe
Address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication