imprint vs imprinting

imprint

verb
  • To leave a print, impression, image, etc. 

  • To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed. 

  • To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are. 

noun
  • A distinctive marking, symbol or logo. 

  • The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house. 

  • An impression; the mark left behind by printing something. 

imprinting

noun
  • Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior. 

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