Ape vs Impersonate - What's the difference?
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A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
Any such primate other than a human.
(derogatory) An uncivilised person.
To behave like an ape.
To imitate; mimic.
* 1961 , J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês'' of Plato," ''Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association , vol. 92, p. 454,
Wild; crazy.
To pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.
(obsolete) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.
In transitive terms the difference between ape and impersonate
is that ape is to imitate; mimic while impersonate is to pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.As verbs the difference between ape and impersonate
is that ape is to behave like an ape while impersonate is to pretend to be (a different person), to assume the identity of.As a noun ape
is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.As an adjective ape
is wild; crazy.ape
English
(wikipedia ape)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked apeVerb
(ap)- It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.
Derived terms
*Adjective
(-)- We were ape over the new look.
- He went ape when he heard the bad news.
See also
* monkey * troop (collective noun) *Anagrams
* * * * ----impersonate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- The conman managed to impersonate several executives.