imitation

As nouns the difference between imitation and parody

is that imitation is the act of imitating while parody is a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

As a verb parody is

to make a parody of something.

As nouns the difference between imitation and duplicate

is that imitation is the act of imitating while duplicate is one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

As an adjective duplicate is

being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.

As a verb duplicate is

to make a copy of.

As nouns the difference between imitation and simulation

is that imitation is the act of imitating while simulation is something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.'.

As nouns the difference between imitation and emulation

is that imitation is imitation while emulation is rivalry, competition.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and imitation

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while imitation is imitation.

As nouns the difference between reproduction and imitation

is that reproduction is the act of reproducing new individuals biologically while imitation is imitation.

As nouns the difference between repetition and imitation

is that repetition is repetition while imitation is imitation.

As nouns the difference between dog and imitation

is that dog is a mammal, canis lupus familiaris , that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding while imitation is imitation.

As a verb dog

is to pursue with the intent to catch.

As nouns the difference between imitation and gorgoneion

is that imitation is imitation while gorgoneion is (architecture) a mask carved in imitation of a gorgon's head.