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Imprinted vs Imprinter - What's the difference?

imprinted | imprinter |

As a verb imprinted

is past tense of imprint.

As an adjective imprinted

is stamped or impressed.

As a noun imprinter is

a device that imprints.

imprinted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (imprint)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stamped or impressed.
  • (genetics) Produced by or exhibiting imprinting; showing distinction by its origin from the paternal or maternal genome.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2004, p. 217:
  • *:The inference is that there is an imprinted' gene somewhere on the X chromosome, which is normally switched on only on the paternal copy and that this gene somehow enhances the development of social adjustment [...].

    • imprinter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device that imprints.
  • A person who does imprinting with such a device.