Inscription vs. Coin

Inscriptionnoun

The act of inscribing.

Inscriptionnoun

Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.

Inscriptionnoun

The text on a coin.

Inscriptionnoun

Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Inscriptionnoun

The act or process of inscribing.

Inscriptionnoun

That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

Inscriptionnoun

A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.

Inscriptionnoun

An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

Inscriptionnoun

letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

Inscriptionnoun

a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

Inscriptionnoun

the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

Inscriptionnoun

a thing inscribed, as on a monument or in a book

Inscriptionnoun

the action of inscribing something

Coinnoun

(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.

Coinnoun

A token used in a special establishment like a casino (also called a chip).

Coinnoun

(figurative) That which serves for payment or recompense.

Coinnoun

money in general, not limited to coins

Coinnoun

One of the suits of minor arcana in tarot, or a card of that suit.

Coinnoun

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge.

Coinnoun

A small circular slice of food.

Coinverb

To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture.

Coinverb

To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate.

Coinverb

To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Coinnoun

A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.

Coinnoun

A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; - much used in a collective sense.

Coinnoun

That which serves for payment or recompense.

Coinverb

To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.

Coinverb

To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.

Coinverb

To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Coinverb

To manufacture counterfeit money.

Coinnoun

a metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

Coinverb

of phrases or words

Coinverb

form by stamping, punching, or printing;

Coinnoun

a flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money

Coinnoun

money in the form of coins

Coinnoun

one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to pentacles in others.

Coinverb

make (coins) by stamping metal

Coinverb

make (metal) into coins.

Coinverb

earn a lot of (money) quickly and easily

Coinverb

invent (a new word or phrase)

Coin

A coin is a small, flat, (usually, depending on the country or value) round piece of metal or plastic used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade.