Engraving vs. Chasing — What's the Difference?

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 "engravings".

To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue

The art or technique of one that engraves.

To follow (game) in order to capture or kill; hunt

A design or text engraved on a surface.

To seek the favor or company of persistently

An engraved surface for printing.

To put to flight; drive

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

To cause (an opposing pitcher) to be removed from a game by batting well.

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

To swing at and miss (a pitch, especially one out of the strike zone).

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

To go or follow in pursuit

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

(Informal) To go hurriedly; rush

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

To groove; indent.

Present participle of engrave

To cut (the thread of a screw).

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.

To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

The act of chasing; pursuit

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

The hunting of game

A print made from an engraving

Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry

A block or plate that has been engraved

A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

The right to hunt or keep game on the land of others.

A groove cut in an object; a slot

A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.

The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

The cavity of a mold.

Present participle of chase

Engraved or embossed decoration.

The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.