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Footstep vs Imprint - What's the difference?

footstep | imprint |

As nouns the difference between footstep and imprint

is that footstep is the mark or impression left by a foot; a track while imprint is an impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

As a verb imprint is

to leave a print, impression, image, etc.

footstep

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The mark or impression left by a foot; a track.
    • The child watched as his footsteps in the sand were washed away by the waves.
  • By extension, the indications or waypoints of a course or direction taken.
    • To walk the footsteps of greatness requires that you start at the bottom of a long stair.
  • The sound made by walking, running etc.
    • The footsteps of the students echoed in the empty hall.
  • A step, as in a stair.
    • The garden path had a small footstep down to the main walkway.
  • The distance between one foot and the next when walking; a pace.
    • Mere footsteps away from the victim lay the murder weapon.
  • The act of taking a step.
    • Take one more footstep towards me, and I'll make you sorry!
  • (obsolete) An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

    • Synonyms

    * (mark left by a foot ): footprint, step, track * (signs of a course taken ): point, path, step, trail * (sound of a footstep ): footfall, plod, step, tread * (step, as in a stair ): riser, step * (distance of one footstep ): pace, step, stride * (act of taking a step ): pace, plod, step, stride, tread

    Related terms

    * footer

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    imprint

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
    • The day left an imprint in my mind.
  • The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
  • A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
    • The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
    • For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
  • * Prior
    • And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.
  • * Cowper
    • Nature imprints upon whate'er we see, / That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."
  • * John Locke
    • ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind
  • To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.
  • To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.