Engraving vs. Impression — What's the Difference?

Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it with a burin. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations; these images are also called "engravings".

An idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence

The art or technique of one that engraves.

An imitation of a person or thing, done to entertain

A design or text engraved on a surface.

A mark impressed on a surface

An engraved surface for printing.

The printing of a number of copies of a book, periodical, or picture for issue at one time.

A print made from an engraved plate or block.

An instance of a pop-up or other online advertisement being seen on an Internet user's monitor.

(art) The practice of incising a design onto a hard, flat surface, by cutting grooves into it.

An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience

(printing) The art of producing an image from an engraved printing form, typically made of copper.

A vague notion, remembrance, or belief

(countable) A print produced from an engraving.

A mark produced on a surface by pressure.

(music) The art of drawing music notation at high quality, particularly on a computer.

The act or process of impressing

Present participle of engrave

All the copies of a publication printed at one time from the same set of type.

The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

A single copy of such a printing.

That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

A humorous imitation of the voice and mannerisms of a famous person.

An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

An initial or single coat of color or paint.

A print made from an engraving

(Dentistry) An imprint of the teeth and surrounding tissues, formed with a plastic material that hardens into a mold for use in making dentures, inlays, or plastic models.

A block or plate that has been engraved

The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.

Making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them

The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.

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.

(philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.

(printing) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.

To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key.

The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.

That which impresses, or exercises an effect, action, or agency; appearance; phenomenon.

Influence or effect on the senses or the intellect hence, interest, concern.

An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.

The pressure of the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time; as, a copy from the fifth impression.

In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.

A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.

A vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

An outward appearance;

A clear and telling mental image;

A concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

A symbol that is the result of printing;

All the copies of a work printed at one time;

(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster;

An impressionistic portrayal of a person;

The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another;