Etching vs. Engraving

Etchingnoun

(uncountable) The art of producing an image from a metal plate into which an image or text has been etched with acid.

Etchingnoun

(countable) The image created by this process.

Etchingnoun

The act, art, or practice of engraving by means of acid which eats away lines or surfaces left unprotected in metal, glass, or the like. See Etch, v. t.

Etchingnoun

A design carried out by means of the above process; a pattern on metal, glass, etc., produced by etching.

Etchingnoun

An impression on paper, parchment, or other material, taken in ink from an etched plate.

Etchingnoun

an impression made from an etched plate

Etchingnoun

an etched plate made with the use of acid

Etchingnoun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Etching

Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types of material.

Engravingnoun

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

Engravingnoun

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

Engravingnoun

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

Engravingnoun

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

Engravingnoun

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.

Engravingnoun

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Engravingnoun

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

Engravingnoun

a print made from an engraving

Engravingnoun

a block or plate that has been engraved

Engravingnoun

making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Engraving

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 .