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palimpsest vs holograph

holograph vs palimpsest

palimpsest and holograph both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
palimpsest Yes No No No
holograph Yes No No No
As nouns, holograph is a hypernym of palimpsest; that is, holograph is a word with a broader meaning than palimpsest:
  • palimpsest: a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible
  • holograph: handwritten book or document
Other hypernyms of palimpsest include manuscript.
palimpsest (noun) holograph (noun)
a manuscript (usually written on papyrus or parchment) on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
handwritten book or document
Difference between palimpsest and holograph

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