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image vs impression

impression vs image

image and impression both are nouns.

image is a verb but impression is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
image Yes No Yes No
impression Yes No No No
As nouns, impression is a hypernym of image; that is, impression is a word with a broader meaning than image:
  • image: the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
  • impression: an outward appearance
Other hypernyms of image include effect.
As nouns, impression is a hyponym of image; that is, impression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than image:
  • image: an iconic mental representation
  • impression: a clear and telling mental image
image (noun) impression (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface an impressionistic portrayal of a person
a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public an outward appearance
an iconic mental representation a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
a standard or typical example a clear and telling mental image
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined all the copies of a work printed at one time
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) a concavity in a surface produced by pressing
image (verb) impression (verb)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
render visible, as by means of MRI
Difference between image and impression

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