Engraving vs. Etching
Both engraving and etching are techniques used to create designs on hard surfaces like metal, glass, or wood, but they differ in process, tools, and results.
Engraving
An engraving is an image or pattern carved into a hard surface, created by incising lines with a sharp tool or laser. You’ll see engraved designs on wedding rings, personalized stationery, and even memorial headstones
Etching
An etching is a print made from a metal plate where the design has been bitten into the surface using acid.
Difference between Engraving, and Etching:
An engraving is done by cutting words, a pattern or a drawing in metal, stone, wood, glass, or other hard substance. A sharp tool (burin or graver) is used to cut lines directly into the surface by hand or machine. Engraving is often used for fine details mostly in jewelry, firearms, trophies, etc.
An etching is form of engraving in which the cutting is done not with a cutting tool but with acids or corrosives, and moreover on metal only.
More differences:-
Engraving is physical cutting, while etching is chemical dissolution.
Engraving has sharp lines, etching has softer edges.
Engraving because of manual is a slower process than etching, while etching is faster process.
Engraving works on jewelry, plaques, and industrial markings, while etching works on art prints, and decorative glass.
In a nutshell
Etching involves using acid to dissolve parts of a metal surface, engraving a design chemically rather than with tools.
Engraving comes from prefix en-, " in or into,' and grave means "to carve". So it is technique of carving designs into a hard surface.
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