Describe, Subscribe, Prescribe or Inscribe? Description, Subscription, Prescription, Inscription

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Describe, Subscribe, Prescribe or Inscribe?

Description, Subscription, Prescription, Inscription

Hello and welcome to Fransy Fancy English! Let's explain these four verbs and their nouns.

DESCRIBE (verb) 
DESCRIPTION (noun) 

When you describe a person, object or situation, you say what they are like. Description is the act of saying or writing what something or someone is like. 

"The police asked her to describe the two men."
"Please describe to the court exactly what you saw."
"Words cannot describe my feelings at that moment."

"The catalogue gives a full description of each product."
"He gave a very vivid description of the attacker."


SUBSCRIBE TO (verb)


SUBSCRIPTION (noun)

When you subscribe to a channel, blog, podcast or generally to a service, you pay money in order to receive it.


"Which Internet Service Provider do you subscribe to?"
"Why not subscribe to my YouTube channel and this blog? It's free and you'll be benefited."

A subscription in the money you pay to receive the service.
"The annual subscription fee is 22 dollars."
"I've decided not to renew my subscription."
" You can cancel your subscription at any time."


PRESCRIBE (verb)
PRESCRIPTION (noun)




When your doctor advises you to take a medicine or receive a treatment, they prescribe you drugs or topical medications maybe for your condition. 


 "My doctor prescribed some therapy that can help."
"Ask the doctor to prescribe something for that cough."
"Valium is usually prescribed to treat anxiety."


A prescription is the official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's. If you get infected, you need a prescription for antibiotics.

"The doctor gave me a prescription for pain-killers."
"Antibiotics are only available on/by prescription."

INSCRIBE (verb)
INSCRIPTION (noun)

To inscribe is to write something, such as words, your initials, names on a surface of a stone or on jewelry. Think the word carve, for example.

"Her name was inscribed on the ring."
"Their names were inscribed above the door."
 "Inside the cover someone had inscribed the words ‘To My Mother, with love’."



An inscription is a small bit of writing carved on a gravestone or medal or in a book.

"The inscription has worn away and can no longer be read."
"The simple inscription on her grave reads: She sleeps in peace."
"There are no inscriptions to identify the tombs."



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