Discord glossary

Embed

A rich message card with a title, description, fields, color bar, and images, usually sent by bots or webhooks.

Regular users see embeds from link previews. Bots and webhooks can build custom embeds.

Related terms

Webhook: A URL that lets outside services post messages into a channel without a bot.
Bot: An automated Discord account run by an application, used for moderation, music, games, and more.