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What is the difference between impression and imprint?

impression | imprint |

As nouns the difference between impression and imprint

is that impression is the indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another while imprint is an impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

As a verb imprint is

to leave a print, impression, , etc.

impression

Noun

(en noun)
  • The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
  • The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
  • *
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  • A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
  • An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
  • An outward appearance.
  • (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown once.
  • (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
  • (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
  • Anagrams

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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.