Difference between Embossment and Imprint

What is the difference between Embossment and Imprint?

Embossment as a noun is the result of embossing; something that has been embossed. while Imprint as a noun is an impression; the mark left behind by printing something.

Embossment

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The result of embossing; something that has been embossed. The process or act of embossing.

Imprint

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To leave a print, impression, image, etc.To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's mother is.To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

Example sentence: But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.

We hope you now know whether to use Embossment or Imprint in your sentence.

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