Impression vs. Print — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Impression and Print
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Impression
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
Produce (books, newspapers, etc.), especially in large quantities, by a mechanical process involving the transfer of text or designs to paper
A thousand copies of the book were printed
Impression
An imitation of a person or thing, done to entertain
He did an impression of Shirley Bassey
Write (text) clearly without joining the letters together
Print your name and address on the back of the cheque
Impression
A mark impressed on a surface
The impression of his body on the leaves
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Mark (a surface, typically a fabric or garment) with a coloured design or pattern
A delicate fabric printed with roses
Impression
The printing of a number of copies of a book, periodical, or picture for issue at one time.
The text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication, especially with reference to its size, form, or style
Bold print
She forced herself to concentrate on the tiny print
Impression
An instance of a pop-up or other online advertisement being seen on an Internet user's monitor.
An indentation or mark made on a surface or soft substance
There were paw prints everywhere
Impression
An effect, feeling, or image retained as a consequence of experience
Seeing the glacier made a big impression on us.
A picture or design printed from a block or plate or copied from a painting by photography
The walls were hung with sporting prints
Impression
A vague notion, remembrance, or belief
I have the impression that we have met once before.
A piece of fabric or clothing with a coloured pattern or design printed on it
Light summer prints
A floral print dress
Impression
A mark produced on a surface by pressure.
A mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure
The print of footsteps in the sand.
Impression
The act or process of impressing
The impression of the company's name in the products is done by machine.
A fingerprint.
Impression
All the copies of a publication printed at one time from the same set of type.
A device or implement, such as a stamp, die, or seal, used to press markings onto or into a surface
Fancy letters made by hand-carved prints.
Impression
A single copy of such a printing.
Something formed or marked by such a device.
Impression
A humorous imitation of the voice and mannerisms of a famous person.
Text, lettering, or other marks produced in ink from type as by a printing press or from digital fonts by an electronic printer
Needed glasses to read the print.
Impression
An initial or single coat of color or paint.
Printed state or form
A short story that never got into print.
Impression
(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 printed publication or edition of a text; a printing
The first print of that book has sold out.
Impression
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
His head made an impression on the pillow.
A design or picture transferred from an engraved plate, wood block, lithographic stone, or other medium
Had prints of flowers hanging on the walls.
Impression
The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
He tried to make a good impression on his parents.
A photographic image transferred to paper or a similar surface.
Impression
A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.
A copy of a movie made on film or in a high resolution digital format, as for public exhibition.
Impression
An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
A fabric or garment with a dyed pattern that has been pressed onto it, usually by engraved rollers.
Impression
An outward appearance.
The pattern itself
A blouse with a paisley print.
Impression
(advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once.
To press (a mark or design, for example) onto or into a surface
Tracks that were printed in the snow.
Impression
(painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
To make an impression on or in (a surface) with a device such as a stamp, seal, or die.
Impression
(engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
To press (something, such as a stamp) onto or into a surface to leave a marking.
Impression
(philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
To produce by means of pressed type, an electronic printer, or similar means, on a paper surface
Printed more copies of the ad.
Impression
(printing) set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc.
To offer in printed form; publish
The publisher collected the essays and printed them as a book.
Impression
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.
To reproduce (a digital document or image) on a paper surface
Printed the email.
Impression
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.
To convert (a digital document) into a file format designed for publication.
Impression
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.
To write (something) in characters similar to those commonly used in print.
Impression
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.
To impress firmly in the mind or memory
An experience that will be printed in our hearts forever.
Impression
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.
To produce a photographic image from (a negative, for example) by passing light through film onto a photosensitive surface, especially sensitized paper.
Impression
An indistinct notion, remembrance, or belief.
To produce (an electronic component) by mechanically transferring a circuit or circuit pattern onto a nonconductive surface.
Impression
Impressiveness; emphasis of delivery.
Which must be read with an impression.
To fabricate (an object) by means of a 3D printer.
Impression
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.
To work as a printer.
Impression
In painting, the first coat of color, as the priming in house painting and the like.
To produce something in printed form by means of a printing press or other reproduction process.
Impression
A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, or the like.
To write characters similar to those commonly used in print.
Impression
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
To produce or receive an impression, marking, or image
The negative printed poorly.
Impression
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
Published or reproduced by printing, especially in contrast to electronic publication
A print newsletter.
Impression
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
Relating to or involved in media based on printing, especially newspapers and magazines
A print journalist.
Impression
A concavity in a surface produced by pressing;
He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud
Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
A print edition of a book
Impression
A symbol that is the result of printing;
He put his stamp on the envelope
(transitive) To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out or off: print out, print off.
Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
Impression
All the copies of a work printed at one time;
They ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies
To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
Impression
(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster;
The dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay
(ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
Print your name here and sign below.
I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print.
Impression
An impressionistic portrayal of a person;
He did a funny impression of a politician
(ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
Impression
The act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another;
He watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax
(transitive) To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
To print calico
(transitive) To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
(transitive) To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
To display a string on the terminal.
To produce an observable value.
On March 16, 2020, the S&P printed at 2,386.13, one of the worst drops in history.
(transitive) To fingerprint (a person).
(uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print.
TV and the Internet haven't killed print.
(uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
Write in print using block letters.
(uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
The print is too small for me to read.
(countable) A newspaper.
A visible impression on a surface.
Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
A fingerprint.
Did the police find any prints at the scene?
A footprint.
(visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
(photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
(film) A copy of a film that can be projected.
Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
(architecture) A plaster cast in bas relief.
To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
A look will print a thought that never may remove.
Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint,Which in that field young Edward's sword did print.
Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay.
To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode,That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.
To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book.
To stamp or impress with colored figures or patterns; as, to print calico.
To take (a copy, a positive picture, etc.), from a negative, a transparent drawing, or the like, by the action of light upon a sensitized surface.
To use or practice the art of typography; to take impressions of letters, figures, or electrotypes, engraved plates, or the like.
To publish a book or an article.
From the moment he prints, he must except to hear no more truth.
A mark made by impression; a line, character, figure, or indentation, made by the pressure of one thing on another; as, the print of teeth or nails in flesh; the print of the foot in sand or snow.
Where print of human feet was never seen.
A stamp or die for molding or impressing an ornamental design upon an object; as, a butter print.
That which receives an impression, as from a stamp or mold; as, a print of butter.
Printed letters; the impression taken from type, as to excellence, form, size, etc.; as, small print; large print; this line is in print.
That which is produced by printing.
A core print. See under Core.
The result of the printing process;
I want to see it in black and white
A picture or design printed from an engraving
A visible indication made on a surface;
Some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks
Paw prints were everywhere
A copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of it)
A fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by engraved rollers)
A printed picture produced from a photographic negative
Put into print;
The newspaper published the news of the royal couple's divorce
These news should not be printed
Write as if with print; not cursive
Make into a print;
Print the negative
Reproduce by printing
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