Impression vs. Imprint — What's the Difference?

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

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

An imitation of a person or thing, done to entertain

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

A mark impressed on a surface

To impart a strong or vivid impression of

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

To fix firmly, as in the mind

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

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.

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

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

A vague notion, remembrance, or belief

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

A mark produced on a surface by pressure.

A mark or pattern produced by imprinting; an impression.

The act or process of impressing

A distinguishing influence or effect

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

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

A single copy of such a printing.

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

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

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

An initial or single coat of color or paint.

An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

(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.

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

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

A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

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

To leave a print, impression, image, etc.

A vague recalling of an event, a belief.

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

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

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

An outward appearance.

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

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

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).

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

A distinctive influence;

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.

A concavity in a surface produced by pressing;

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.

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;

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

An impression produced by pressure or printing

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

A device produced by pressure on a surface

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

Establish or impress firmly in the mind;

An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.

Mark or stamp with or as if with pressure;

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;