different between conscript vs writedown

English

Etymology 1

From Latin c?nscriptus, perfect passive participle of c?nscr?b? (“write together; enroll”).

Pronunciation

• (noun, adjective)
  • (RP): enPR: k?n'skr?pt, IPA^(key): /?k?nsk??pt/
  • (US): enPR: kän'skr?pt, IPA^(key): /?k?nsk??pt/
• (verb) enPR: k?n'skr?pt, IPA^(key): /k?n?sk??pt/
  • Rhymes: -?pt

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

1. One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

Translations

Adjective

conscript (not comparable)

1. Drafted into a military service or similar.
2. Enrolled; written; registered.

Translations

Verb

conscript (third-person singular simple present conscripts, present participle conscripting, simple past and past participle conscripted)

1. (transitive) To enrol(l) compulsorily; to draft; to induct.

   Synonyms: draft, induct

Related terms

• conscription

Translations

Etymology 2

con- (“constructed”) +? script

Noun

conscript (plural conscripts)

1. A constructed script or writing system, especially for use with a conlang.

Synonyms

• neography

English

Etymology

From the verb phrase write down.

Noun

writedown (plural writedowns)

1. (accounting) An adjustment; a precise amount adjusted by an act of writing down or entering an asset and its value; a reduction of an asset, written down or otherwise recorded as such.

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Anagrams

• Winterowd