Like vs Impress - What's the difference?
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To please.
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*:Madam, said Sir Uwaine, they are to blame, for they do against the high order of knighthood, and the oath that they made; and if it like you I will speak with them, because I am a knight of King Arthur's, and I will entreat them with fairness; and if they will not, I shall do battle with them, and in the defence of your right.
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*::Madame sayd syr Vwayne / they are to blame / for they doo ageynst the hyghe ordre of knyghthode & the othe that they made / And yf hit lyke yow I wille speke with hem by cause I am a knyghte of kynge Arthurs / and I wylle entrete them with fayrenesse / And yf they wylle not I shalle doo bataille with them and in the deffense of youre ryghte
*Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
*:I willingly confess that it likes me much better when I find virtue in a fair lodging than when I am bound to seek it in an ill-favoured creature.
*1608 , (William Shakespeare), (King Lear) :
*:His countenance likes me not.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
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*(John Locke) (1632-1705)
*:He may either go or stay, as he best likes .
*1865 , (Lewis Carroll), (w, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) , :
*:“I can tell you more than that, if you like ,” said the Gryphon. “Do you know why it’s called a whiting?”
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) To derive pleasure of'', ''by'' or ''with someone or something.
*1662 , , Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Systems of the World (Dialogue Two)
*:And therefore it is the best way, if you like of it, to examine these taken from experiments touching the Earth, and then proceed to those of the other kind.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.}}
To prefer and maintain (an action) as a regular habit or activity.
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(lb) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:You like well, and bear your years very well.
(lb) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly.
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*(Horace Walpole) (1717-1797)
*:He probably got his death, as he liked to have done two years ago, by viewing the troops for the expedition from the wall of Kensington Garden.
To find attractive; to prefer the company of; to have mild romantic feelings for.
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(lb) To liken; to compare.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:Like me to the peasant boys of France.
To show support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
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(usually plural) Something that a person likes (prefers).
(internet) The act of showing support for, or approval of, something posted on the Internet by marking it with a vote.
Similar.
* 1843 , (Thomas Carlyle), , book 2, ch. 3, Landlord Edmund
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 (obsolete) likely; probable
* South
* Clarendon
(informal) For example, such as: to introduce an example or list of examples.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
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, title= (archaic, colloquial) Likely.
* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) ,
(obsolete) In a like or similar manner.
* Bible, Psalms ciii. 13
(sometimes as the likes of ) Someone similar to a given person, or something similar to a given object; a comparative; a type; a sort.
* (rfdate), (Winston Churchill) on
as if; as though
Somewhat similar to, reminiscent of.
* , chapter=1
, title= * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
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, title= (colloquial, obsolete, current in Scots)
(colloquial)
(colloquial) (indicating approximation or uncertainty)
(colloquial, slang)
* 2006 , (Lily Allen), Knock 'Em Out
(Liverpool, Geordie) Used to place emphasis upon a statement.
To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 To make an impression, to be impressive.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=September 7, author=Phil McNulty, title=Moldova 0-5 England
, work=BBC Sport To produce a vivid impression of (something).
To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
* Shakespeare
To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
(figurative) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
* I. Watts
To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
* Evelyn
The act of impressing.
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
* Shakespeare
* 1908 , Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans , Norton 2005, p. 1330:
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
* 2007 , John Burrow, A History of Histories , Penguin 2009, p. 187:
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
A heraldic device; an impresa.
* Milton
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
* Shakespeare
As a verb impress is
to affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.As a noun impress is
the act of impressing .like
English
(wikipedia like)Etymology 1
From (etyl) liken, from (etyl) .Verb
(lik)Usage notes
* In its senses of “enjoy” and “maintain as a regular habit”, form), while in the latter, it takes a to-infinitive. See also . * Like is only used to mean “want” in certain expressions, such as “if you like” and “I would like”. The conditional form, would like, is used quite freely as a polite synonym for want.Synonyms
* (find attractive) fancy (British), (l), (l)Antonyms
* dislike, hate, mislikeDerived terms
* dislike * likable * like like * would likeNoun
(en noun)- Tell me your likes and dislikes.
Synonyms
* favorite (US), favourite (UK), preferenceAntonyms
* dislike, pet hate, pet peeveDerived terms
* like-for-likeEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
- and this is not a sky, it is a Soul and living Face! Nothing liker the Temple of the Highest, bright with some real effulgence of the Highest, is seen in this world.
citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}
- But it is like the jolly world about us will scoff at the paradox of these practices.
- Many were not easy to be governed, nor like to conform themselves to strict rules.
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)Adverb
(en adverb)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
- DON PEDRO. May be she doth but counterfeit.
- CLAUDIO. Faith, like enough. [= Indeed, quite likely.]
- Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.
Usage notes
In formal writing, such as is preferred over like.Synonyms
* for example * (formal) such asNoun
(en noun)- We shall never see his like again.
- There were bowls full of sweets, chocolates and the like .
- It was something the likes of which I had never seen before.
Synonyms
* ilkAntonyms
* antithesis, oppositeConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- It looks like you've finished the project.
- It seemed like you didn't care.
Derived terms
* feel like, look like, seem like, sound likePreposition
(English prepositions)Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,
citation, passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.}}
Fantasy of navigation, passage=Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.}}
Antonyms
* unlikeParticle
(en-part)- He was so angry, like.
- She was, like , sooooo happy.
- There were, like , twenty of them.
- And then he, like , got all angry and left the room.
- I was like''', “Why did you do that?” and he's '''like , “I don't know.”
- You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
- They're like , "Alright"
- What ya saying, "Yeah can I take your digits?"
- And you're like , "no not in a million years, you're nasty please leave me alone."
Synonyms
* be all, goUsage notes
The use as a quotative is deliberately informal and commonly used by young people, and often combined with the use of the present tense as a narrative. Similar terms are to go'' and ''all'', as in ''I go, “Why did you do that?” and he goes, “I don't know”'' and ''I was all, “Why did you do that?” and he was all, “I don't know.” These expressions can imply that the attributed remark which follows is representative rather than necessarily an exact quotation; however, in speech these structures do tend to require mimicking the original speaker's inflection in a way (said) would not.Interjection
(en interjection)- divint ye knaa, like ?
References
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*impress
English
Verb
(es)citation, passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.}}
citation, passage=Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.}}
- his heart, like an agate, with your print impressed
- Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.
- the second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners
Synonyms
* make an impression on * cut a figure * (produce a vivid impression of) * imprint, print, stamp * : pressgang * : confiscate, impound, seize, sequesterNoun
(es)- This weak impress of love is as a figure / Trenched in ice.
- We know that you were pressed for money, that you took an impress of the keys which your brother held
- Such admonitions, in the English of the Authorized Version, left an indelible impress on imaginations nurtured on the Bible
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- (Cussans)
- To describe emblazoned shields, / Impresses quaint.
- Why such impress of shipwrights?