different between clue vs impression
clue
English
Etymology
Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clewe, from Old English cl?ewen (“ball”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuw?n?, *klewô (“ball, bale”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to amass, conglomerate; clump, ball, bale”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu?/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /klju?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophone: clew
Noun
clue (plural clues)
- (now rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
- Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
- An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
- Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
Synonyms
- (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion): hint, indication, suggestion
- (object or indication which may be used as evidence): signature
- (understanding): idea
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- evidence
- red herring
Verb
clue (third-person singular simple present clues, present participle cluing or clueing, simple past and past participle clued)
- To provide with a clue.
- To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
Derived terms
- clue in
- clued up
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Luce, leuc-, luce
Latin
Verb
clu?
- second-person singular present active imperative of clue?
Middle English
Noun
clue
- Alternative form of clewe
clue From the web:
- what clueless character are you
- what clues support your inference
- what clue character are you
impression
English
Etymology
From Old French impression, from Latin impressio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p????n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
impression (plural impressions)
- The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
- The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
- A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
- An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
- An outward appearance.
- (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once.
- 2010, Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), page 329:
- Publishers are paid for each ad impression their site generates.
- 2010, Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons (?ISBN), page 329:
- (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
- (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.
- (philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.
Related terms
- impressionability
- impressionable
- impressional
- impressionism
- impressionist
- impressive
- under the impression
Translations
Verb
impression (third-person singular simple present impressions, present participle impressioning, simple past and past participle impressioned)
- 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.
- 2007, Graham Pulford, High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference (page 55)
- The trick in impressioning a key is to remove only a small amount of the blank, by filing or cutting, from the pin positions where impressions have been left.
- 2007, Graham Pulford, High-Security Mechanical Locks: An Encyclopedic Reference (page 55)
Anagrams
- permission
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impressi?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p??.sj??/, /??.p?e.sj??/
Noun
impression f (plural impressions)
- an impression, the overall effect of something.
- the indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on another.
- a print, print-out
Derived terms
- faire bonne impression
- impressionnant
- impressionner
- impressionnisme
- impressionniste
Related terms
- empreindre
- imprimer
- imprimerie
- imprimante
- imprimable
Descendants
- Romanian: impresiune, impresie
Further reading
- “impression” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- méprisions
impression From the web:
- what impression mean
- what impression does the graph create
- what impressions mean on instagram
- what impression do i give off
- what first impression mean
- what does 1st impression mean
- what is the meaning of first impression is the last impression
- how to say impression
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