imprint vs printing

imprint

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

  • A distinctive marking, symbol or logo. 

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

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. 

printing

noun
  • Material that has been printed. 

  • The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology. 

  • All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch. 

  • Written characters that are not joined up. 

verb
  • To inadequately carry a concealed weapon such that its silhouette is visible on the person wearing it. 

How often have the words imprint and printing occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )