Imitate vs Caricature - What's the difference?
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To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
* 1870 , Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
To copy.
A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
* {{quote-news, year=2012
, date=May 24
, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3
, work=The Onion AV Club
A grotesque misrepresentation.
* Macaulay
To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.
As verbs the difference between imitate and caricature
is that imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of while caricature is to represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.As a noun caricature is
a pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.imitate
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Verb
(imitat)- Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
Synonyms
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(wikipedia caricature)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.}}
- A grotesque caricature of virtue.
