Empress vs. Impress — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Empress and Impress
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Empress
The female ruler of an empire.
Impress
To affect strongly, often favorably
Wrote down whatever impressed me during the journey.
Was impressed by the child's sincerity.
Empress
The wife or widow of an emperor.
Impress
To produce or attempt to produce a vivid impression or image of
A scene that impressed itself on her memory.
Parents that impress the value of money on their children.
Empress
The female monarch (ruler) of an empire.
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Impress
To mark or stamp with pressure
Impressed the wax with a design.
Empress
The wife or widow of an emperor or equated ruler.
Impress
To apply with pressure; press
Impressed the stamp onto the wax.
Empress
(tarot) The third trump or major arcana card of most tarot decks.
Impress
To compel (a person) to serve in the military, particularly in the naval forces, especially by seizure.
Empress
(rare) A female chimpanzee.
Impress
To seize (property) by force or authority, especially for military purposes; confiscate.
Empress
A deciduous tree, Paulownia tomentosa
Impress
(Law) To impose a constructive trust or a lien upon property, as a matter of equity, to protect a person without legal title but with a legally recognized interest.
Empress
Rare form of impress
Impress
The act of impressing
A design left by impress of a seal.
Empress
The consort of an emperor.
Impress
A mark or pattern of influence produced by someone or something; an impression
A politician who left her impress on foreign policy.
Empress
A female sovereign.
Impress
A stamp or seal meant to be impressed.
Empress
A sovereign mistress.
Impress
Impressment.
Empress
A woman Emperor or the wife of an Emperor
Impress
(transitive) To affect (someone) strongly and often favourably.
You impressed me with your command of Urdu.
Impress
(intransitive) To make an impression, to be impressive.
Henderson impressed in his first game as captain.
Impress
(transitive) To produce a vivid impression of (something).
That first view of the Eiger impressed itself on my mind.
Impress
(transitive) To mark or stamp (something) using pressure.
We impressed our footprints in the wet cement.
Impress
To produce (a mark, stamp, image, etc.); to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
Impress
(figurative) To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
Impress
(transitive) To compel (someone) to serve in a military force.
The press gang used to impress people into the Navy.
Impress
(transitive) To seize or confiscate (property) by force.
The liner was impressed as a troop carrier.
Impress
The act of impressing.
Impress
An impression; an impressed image or copy of something.
Impress
A stamp or seal used to make an impression.
Impress
An impression on the mind, imagination etc.
Impress
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
Impress
A heraldic device; an impresa.
Impress
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Impress
To press, stamp, or print something in or upon; to mark by pressure, or as by pressure; to imprint (that which bears the impression).
His heart, like an agate, with your print impressed.
Impress
To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).
Impress
To fix deeply in the mind; to present forcibly to the attention, etc.; to imprint; to inculcate.
Impress the motives of persuasion upon our own hearts till we feel the force of them.
Impress
To take by force for public service; as, to impress sailors or money.
The second five thousand pounds impressed for the service of the sick and wounded prisoners.
Impress
To be impressed; to rest.
Such fiendly thoughts in his heart impress.
Impress
The act of impressing or making.
Impress
A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.
The impresses of the insides of these shells.
This weak impress of love is as a figureTrenched in ice.
Impress
Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
Impress
A device. See Impresa.
To describe . . . emblazoned shields,Impresses quaint.
Impress
The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Why such impress of shipwrights?
Impress
The act of coercing someone into government service
Impress
Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;
This child impressed me as unusually mature
This behavior struck me as odd
Impress
Impress positively;
The young chess player impressed her audience
Impress
Produce or try to produce a vivid impression of;
Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
Impress
Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax
Impress
Reproduce by printing
Impress
Take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship;
The men were shanghaied after being drugged
Impress
Dye (fabric) before it is spun
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