different between conscription vs inscription

English

Etymology

From Middle French conscription, from Latin c?nscripti? (“levying of troops”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?sk??p??n/

Noun

conscription (countable and uncountable, plural conscriptions)

1. Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

   Synonym: draft

2. An enrolling or registering.
   • 1679-1715, Gilbert Burnet, History of the Reformation

     conscription of men of war

Related terms

• conscribe
• conscript

Translations

Further reading

• “conscription”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• conscription on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Morphologically, a borrowing from Latin c?nscr?pti?; however, semantically derived from conscrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??s.k?ip.sj??/

Noun

conscription f (plural conscriptions)

1. conscription

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nscr?pti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sk??p??n/
• Rhymes: -?p??n
• Hyphenation: in?scrip?tion

Noun

inscription (countable and uncountable, plural inscriptions)

1. The act of inscribing.
2. Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone.
3. The text on a coin.

   Synonym: legend

4. Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.

Translations

See also

• epigraph

French

Etymology

From Latin inscr?pti?, inscr?pti?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.k?ip.sj??/

Noun

inscription f (plural inscriptions)

1. registration, enrolment
2. inscription

Related terms

• inscrire

Further reading

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