graver vs pointel what difference

what is difference between graver and pointel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gravere, gravoure, gravor, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

Noun

graver (plural gravers)

1. a burin
2. a carver, sculptor, or engraver
   • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

   • a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital

     […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

Translations

Etymology 2

From grave +‎ -er.

Adjective

graver

1. comparative form of grave: more grave

Anagrams

• Garver

Danish

Noun

graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)

1. gravedigger

Declension

Verb

graver

1. imperative of gravere

References

• “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch grāvere. Equivalent to graven +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraː.vər/
• Hyphenation: gra‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

Noun

graver m (plural gravers, diminutive gravertje n, feminine graafster)

1. A digger, someone who digs.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.ve/

Verb

graver

1. to engrave
2. to carve (wood)
3. to burn (data, onto a CD)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• gravé dans le marbre
• graveur

Further reading

• “graver” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

graver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gravō

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːʋər/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʋər
• Hyphenation: grav‧er

Etymology 1

From grave +‎ -er

Noun

graver m (definite singular graveren, indefinite plural gravere, definite plural graverne)

1. a digger, gravedigger

Derived terms

• gullgraver

See also

• gravar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

graver m or f

1. indefinite plural of grav

Etymology 3

graver m

1. indefinite plural of grave

Etymology 4

Verb

graver

1. present tense of grave
2. imperative of gravere

References

• “graver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “graver” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

graver f

1. indefinite plural of grav

English

Etymology 1

Old French [Term?], from Latin punctillum (“a little point”). Cognate with Spanish puntilla (“tiptoe; small dagger used in bullfighting”).

Noun

pointel (plural pointels)

1. A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing.

Etymology 2

Blend of point +‎ voxel

Noun

pointel (plural pointels)

1. (computer graphics) Any of the eight vertices of a voxel.

Anagrams

• pontile, potline, top line, topline

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