Question

list major differences between manuscript and inscriptions.

Answer 1

 

Both manuscript and inscription refer to two kinds of letters between which there is some difference in the way they have been written. Inscription is a piece of material, which is inscribed. The letters in the particular material is engraved or carved into it. A coin is a good example for an inscribed object. Also, a short message which dedicates a book or an article, etc. to somebody or something is regarded as an inscription. On the other hand, manuscript is any document written by hand. Authors, usually write their pieces of work in papers before sending them for printing. This original,handwritten texts are considered to be manuscripts. Let us look at the terms in detail now.

What is an Inscription?

Inscription, as mentioned above, is an engraved or carved piece of material. Before Chinese invented the papers, people used to make notes or documents in stones, metal tablets or copper plates, etc. At that time, people used sharp tools to inscribe letters into these substances. An engraved inscription is called an epigraph. Epitaph is another form of inscription which is inscribed on a monument or a tombstone in memory of somebody. However, inscriptions have a long lifetime, and once they are made, it is very difficult to change or alter them.

Answer 2

Inscriptions are writings or symbols that convey a messege, that are carved, or `inscribed` into non paper, generally hard surfaces such as stone, wood or metal.

You often find them on the walls of temples, ancient relics etc.

Manuscripts are in general paper.papyrus DOCUMENTS that have certain facts in writing