Takeoff vs Imitate - What's the difference?
takeoff | imitate |
The rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.
A parody or lampoon of someone or something.
*1897 , Edward Bellamy, Equality ,
*:I came across a little pamphlet of the period, yellow and almost undecipherable, which, on examination, I found to be a rather amusing skit or satirical take-off on the profit system.
A quantification, especially of building materials.
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.
As a noun takeoff
is the rising or ascent of an aircraft or rocket into flight.As a verb imitate is
to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.takeoff
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Alternative forms
* take-offNoun
(wikipedia takeoff) (en noun)- The flight was smooth, but the takeoff was a little rough.
- song "Lasagna" is a takeoff on the popular song "La Bamba".
- I'll give you an estimate after I do the quantity takeoffs for the trusses and structural steel.
See also
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*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.
