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Imitate vs Travesty - What's the difference?

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Imitate is a related term of travesty.


As verbs the difference between imitate and travesty

is that imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of while travesty is to make a travesty of; to parody.

As a noun travesty is

an absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.

imitate

English

Verb

(imitat)
  • 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)
    • 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.
  • To copy.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * create

    Related terms

    * imitation * imitative * imitable * imitator

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    travesty

    English

    Noun

    (travesties)
  • An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
  • * De Quincey
    • The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first.
  • A parody or stylistic imitation.
  • (pejorative) A grossly inferior imitation.
    • A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.

    Synonyms

    * caricature

    Verb

  • To make a travesty of; to parody.

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