Impression vs. Imprint

Impressionnoun

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

‘His head made an impression on the pillow.’;

Imprintnoun

An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

‘The day left an imprint in my mind.’;

Impressionnoun

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

‘What is your impression of Beatles' music?’;

Imprintnoun

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

Impressionnoun

A vague recalling of an event, a belief.

‘I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.’;

Imprintnoun

A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

‘The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.’;

Impressionnoun

An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.

Imprintverb

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

‘For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.’;

Impressionnoun

An outward appearance.

Imprintverb

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

Impressionnoun

(advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown once.

Imprintverb

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

Impressionnoun

(painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.

Imprintverb

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

‘And sees his num'rous herds imprint her sands.’;

Impressionnoun

(engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.

Imprintverb

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).

‘Nature imprints upon whate'er we see,That has a heart and life in it, "Be free."’;

Impressionnoun

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

Imprintverb

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

‘Ideas of those two different things distinctly imprinted on his mind.’;

Impressionnoun

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.

Imprintverb

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

Impressionnoun

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

‘The stamp and clear impression of good sense.’; ‘To shelter us from impressions of weather, we must spin, we must weave, we must build.’;

Imprintnoun

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.

Impressionnoun

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

‘Portentous blaze of comets and impressions in the air.’; ‘A fiery impression falling from out of Heaven.’;

Imprintnoun

a distinctive influence;

‘English stills bears the imprint of the Norman invasion’;

Impressionnoun

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

‘His words impression left.’; ‘Such terrible impression made the dream.’; ‘I have a father's dear impression,And wish, before I fall into my grave,That I might see her married.’;

Imprintnoun

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

‘he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud’;

Impressionnoun

An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

Imprintnoun

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;

‘the book was publsihed under a distinguished imprint’;

Impressionnoun

Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.

‘Which must be read with an impression.’;

Imprintnoun

an impression produced by pressure or printing

Impressionnoun

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.

‘Ten impressions which his books have had.’;

Imprintnoun

a device produced by pressure on a surface

Impressionnoun

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

Imprintverb

establish or impress firmly in the mind;

‘We imprint our ideas onto our children’;

Impressionnoun

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

Imprintverb

mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;

‘To make a batik, you impress a design with wax’;

Impressionnoun

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed;

‘his impression of her was favorable’; ‘what are your feelings about the crisis?’; ‘it strengthened my belief in his sincerity’; ‘I had a feeling that she was lying’;

Impressionnoun

an outward appearance;

‘he made a good impression’; ‘I wanted to create an impression of success’; ‘she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting’;

Impressionnoun

a clear and telling mental image;

‘he described his mental picture of his assailant’; ‘he had no clear picture of himself or his world’; ‘the events left a permanent impression in his mind’;

Impressionnoun

a concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

‘he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud’;

Impressionnoun

a symbol that is the result of printing;

‘he put his stamp on the envelope’;

Impressionnoun

all the copies of a work printed at one time;

‘they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies’;

Impressionnoun

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

‘the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay’;

Impressionnoun

an impressionistic portrayal of a person;

‘he did a funny impression of a politician’;

Impressionnoun

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

‘he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax’;

Impressionnoun

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

‘his first impressions of Manchester were very positive’; ‘I got the impression that he was sorely disappointed’;

Impressionnoun

an effect produced on someone

‘her courtesy had made a good impression’;

Impressionnoun

a difference made by the action or presence of someone or something

‘the floor was too dirty for the mop to make much impression’;

Impressionnoun

an imitation of a person or thing, done to entertain

‘he did an impression of Shirley Bassey’;

Impressionnoun

a graphic or pictorial representation of someone or something

‘police issued an artist's impression of the attacker’;

Impressionnoun

a mark impressed on a surface

‘the impression of his body on the leaves’;

Impressionnoun

a negative copy of the teeth or mouth made by pressing them into a soft substance.

Impressionnoun

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

Impressionnoun

a particular printed version of a book, especially one reprinted from existing type, plates, or film with no or only minor alteration

‘a copy of the first impression’;

Impressionnoun

a print taken from an engraving.

Impressionnoun

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