Etch vs. Imprint — What's the Difference?

To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid, especially by coating the surface with wax or another protective layer and drawing lines with a needle and then using the acid to form the lines on the unprotected parts of the surface.

To produce (a mark or pattern) on a surface by pressure.

To make or create by this method

To produce a mark on (a surface) by pressure.

To draw or write by cutting or scraping

To impart a strong or vivid impression of

To cut or scrape something in or on

To fix firmly, as in the mind

To impress or delineate clearly

To cause (a very young animal) to recognize and be attracted to another animal or to an object identified as the parent. Often used with on.

To engage in etching.

To modify (a gene) chemically, as by DNA methylation, affecting the gene's expression in offspring.

To cut into a surface with an acid or other corrosive substance in order to make a pattern. Best known as a technique for creating printing plates, but also used for decoration on metal, and, in modern industry, to make circuit boards.

To become imprinted on another animal or on an object identified as the parent. Used of newborn or very young animals. Often used with on

To engrave a surface.

A mark or pattern produced by imprinting; an impression.

(figuratively) To make a lasting impression.

A distinguishing influence or effect

To sketch; to delineate.

A chemical modification of a gene affecting the gene's expression in offspring.

A variant of Eddish.

A publisher's name, often with the date, address, and edition, printed at the bottom of a title page of a publication.

To produce, as figures or designs, on mental, glass, or the like, by means of lines or strokes eaten in or corroded by means of some strong acid.

A publishing business with a unique name, usually owned by a larger publishing firm

To subject to etching; to draw upon and bite with acid, as a plate of metal.

An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

To sketch; to delineate.

The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.

To practice etching; to make etchings.

A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

Make an etching of

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.

To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

To impress; to mark by pressure; to indent; to stamp.

To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon something).

To fix indelibly or permanently, as in the mind or memory; to impress.

To create or acquire (a behavioral pattern) by the process of imprinting.

Whatever is impressed or imprinted; the impress or mark left by something; specifically, the name of the printer or publisher (usually) with the time and place of issue, in the title-page of a book, or on any printed sheet.

A distinctive influence;

A concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

An identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along with the date and address and edition that is printed at the bottom of the title page;

An impression produced by pressure or printing

A device produced by pressure on a surface

Establish or impress firmly in the mind;

Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;