Engrained vs. Ingrained: What's the Difference?

Engrained and Ingrained Definitions

To ingrain.

Firmly established, as by long conditioning; deep-seated

Ingrained prejudice.

The ingrained habits of a lifetime.

Simple past tense and past participle of engrain

Worked deeply into the texture or fiber

A carpet disfigured by ingrained dirt.

Being an element; present in the essence of a thing

Fixed, established

Simple past tense and past participle of ingrain

(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held;

Deep-rooted prejudice

Deep-seated differences of opinion

Implanted convictions

Ingrained habits of a lifetime

A deeply planted need