impression vs sense

impression

noun
  • The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination. 

  • set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc. 

  • The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. 

  • An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once. 

  • A vague recalling of an event, a belief. 

  • An outward appearance. 

  • A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc. 

  • An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual. 

  • The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc. 

  • The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. 

verb
  • To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key. 

sense

noun
  • Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness. 

  • One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity. 

  • A natural appreciation or ability. 

  • The way that a referent is presented. 

  • The meaning, reason, or value of something. 

  • A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary. 

  • Sound practical or moral judgment. 

  • Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. 

  • referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product. 

  • One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise. 

  • Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings. 

verb
  • To instinctively be aware. 

  • To comprehend. 

  • To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. 

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