impress vs hit home

impress is a noun but hit home is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
impress	Yes	No	Yes	No
hit home	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, hit home is a hyponym of impress; that is, hit home is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than impress:

impress (noun)	hit home (noun)
the act of coercing someone into government service

impress (verb)	hit home (verb)
dye (fabric) before it is spun	refer to or be relevant or familiar to
produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship
reproduce by printing
impress positively
have an emotional or cognitive impact upon