The difference between Handwriting and Manuscript

When used as nouns, handwriting means the act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed, whereas manuscript means a book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.


Manuscript is also adjective with the meaning: handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

check bellow for the other definitions of Handwriting and Manuscript

  1. Handwriting as a noun:

    The act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.

  2. Handwriting as a noun:

    The characteristic writing of a particular person.

  3. Handwriting as a noun:

    Text that was written by hand.

  1. Handwriting as a verb:

  1. Manuscript as an adjective:

    handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.

  1. Manuscript as a noun:

    A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.

  2. Manuscript as a noun:

    A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.

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