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Impressed vs Impressionable - What's the difference?

impressed | impressionable |

As adjectives the difference between impressed and impressionable

is that impressed is strongly affected, especially favourably while impressionable is being easily influenced (especially of young people).

As a verb impressed

is past tense of impress.

As a noun impressionable is

an impressionable person.

impressed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • strongly affected, especially favourably
  • stamped, under pressure
  • compelled to serve in a military force
  • confiscated by force or authority

    • Antonyms

    * unimpressed

    Related terms

    * impress * impressive

    Verb

    (head)
  • (impress)

    • See also

    * imprest

    impressionable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being easily influenced (especially of young people).

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An impressionable person.
  • * 1942 , Frank Gervasi, War Has Seven Faces
    • They were the faces of the same gentlemen who plied the corruptibles in Rumania with cash and impressed the impressionables with Germany's power.

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