Ascribe vs. Inscribe

Ascribeverb

(transitive) To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something.

Ascribeverb

(transitive) To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator.

Ascribeverb

To believe in or agree with; subscribe.

Ascribeverb

To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to ascribe such a book to such an author.

Ascribeverb

To attribute, as a quality, or an appurtenance; to consider or allege to belong.

Ascribeverb

attribute or credit to;

Ascribeverb

regard something as being due to (a cause)

Ascribeverb

regard a text, quotation, or work of art as being produced by or belonging to (a particular person or period)

Ascribeverb

regard a quality as belonging to

Inscribeverb

(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

Inscribeverb

(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Inscribeverb

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

Inscribeverb

To mark with letters, characters, or words.

Inscribeverb

To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.

Inscribeverb

To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.

Inscribeverb

To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.

Inscribeverb

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

Inscribeverb

register formally as a participant or member;

Inscribeverb

draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible

Inscribeverb

write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

Inscribeverb

mark with one's signature;

Inscribeverb

convert ordinary language into code;

Inscribeverb

address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication