Clone vs Imitate - What's the difference?
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A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2754]
To create a clone.
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 verbs the difference between clone and imitate
is that clone is to create a clone while imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.As a noun clone
is a living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.clone
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* holoclone * meroclone * paraclone * polycloneVerb
(clon)References
* C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905. * C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905. * W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949. ----imitate
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(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.