mental image vs impression

impression vs mental image

mental image and impression both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental image	Yes	No	No	No
impression	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, impression is a hyponym of mental image; that is, impression is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental image:

mental image: an iconic mental representation
impression: a clear and telling mental image

Other hyponyms of mental image include imagination image, thought-image, memory image, visual image, visualisation, visualization, mental picture, picture, auditory image.

mental image (noun)	impression (noun)
an iconic mental representation	an impressionistic portrayal of a person
	the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another
	(dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster
	an outward appearance
	a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
	a clear and telling mental image
	a symbol that is the result of printing or engraving
	all the copies of a work printed at one time
	a concavity in a surface produced by pressing

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