Woodcut vs. Engraving: Know the Difference

A block of wood on whose surface a design for printing is engraved along the grain.

The art or technique of one that engraves.

A print made from a woodcut. Also called woodblock, woodprint.

A design or text engraved on a surface.

(countable) An engraved block of wood, especially one used as a printing form.

An engraved surface for printing.

(uncountable) A method of printmaking from such a block.

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

(countable) A print produced with this method.

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

An engraving on wood; also, a print from it. Same as Wood cut, under Wood.

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

An engraving made from a woodcut

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

Engraving consisting of a block of wood with a design cut into it; used to make prints

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

Present participle of engrave

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.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

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

A print made from an engraving

A block or plate that has been engraved

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them