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Imprint vs Etch - What's the difference?

imprint | etch |

As nouns the difference between imprint and etch

is that imprint is an impression; the mark left behind by printing something while etch is obsolete form of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between imprint and etch

is that imprint is to leave a print, impression, , etc while etch is to cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

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.

    • etch

    English

    Etymology 1

    Germanic, cognate with Dutch ets .

    Verb

  • To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.
  • To engrave a surface.
  • (figuratively) To make a lasting impression.
    • The memory of 9/11 is etched into my mind.
  • To sketch; to delineate.
  • * John Locke
    • There are many empty terms to be found in some learned writers, to which they had recourse to etch out their system.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    • (Mortimer)

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