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Engraving vs. Chasing — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Engraving and Chasing

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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 "engravings".

Chasing

To follow rapidly in order to catch or overtake; pursue
The police officers chased the thief. The dog chased the cat across the yard.

Engraving

The art or technique of one that engraves.

Chasing

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

Engraving

A design or text engraved on a surface.
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Chasing

To seek the favor or company of persistently
Chased me until I agreed to a date.

Engraving

An engraved surface for printing.

Chasing

To put to flight; drive
She chased the rabbits from the garden.

Engraving

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

Chasing

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

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

Chasing

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

Engraving

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

Chasing

To go or follow in pursuit
My friends and I chased after the loose dog.

Engraving

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

Chasing

(Informal) To go hurriedly; rush
Chased all over looking for us.

Engraving

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

Chasing

To groove; indent.

Engraving

Present participle of engrave

Chasing

To cut (the thread of a screw).

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.

Chasing

To decorate (metal) by engraving or embossing.

Engraving

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

Chasing

The act of chasing; pursuit
The police arrested the driver after a wild chase.

Engraving

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

Chasing

The hunting of game
The thrill of the chase.

Engraving

A print made from an engraving

Chasing

Something that is hunted or pursued; quarry
The hunters drove their chase into the open.

Engraving

A block or plate that has been engraved

Chasing

A privately owned, unenclosed game preserve.

Engraving

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

Chasing

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

Chasing

A groove cut in an object; a slot
The chase for the quarrel on a crossbow.

Chasing

A trench or channel for drainpipes or wiring.

Chasing

The part of a gun in front of the trunnions.

Chasing

The cavity of a mold.

Chasing

Present participle of chase

Chasing

Engraved or embossed decoration.
Gold with chasings of silver

Chasing

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

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