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Impressing vs Imprinting - What's the difference?

impressing | imprinting |

As verbs the difference between impressing and imprinting

is that impressing is present participle of lang=en while imprinting is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun imprinting is

any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

impressing

English

Verb

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    • imprinting

    English

    Noun

  • (psychology, ethology) Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

    • Derived terms

    * misimprinting * sexual imprinting

    Verb

    (head)