Express vs Impress
I read something online recently and I was impressed. The writer wrote, "you can't express while trying to impress" . Now this is super. He (the writer) was expressing, but I, the reader, was impressed. Express and impress, what's the difference? When I communicate candidly, I'm expressing. I try to stay close to the facts and choose my words objectively. Here, I try not to add emotional or subjective feelings to the message to which I want to communicate. But when I want to impress, this is another case entirely. Impressive words dwells largely on flattery and less on factual words.