Printing vs Impression - What's the difference?
printing | impression |
(uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
(uncountable) Material that has been printed.
(countable) All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
(uncountable) Written characters that are not joined up.
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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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1
, passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
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.