Copycat vs Mimic - What's the difference?
copycat | mimic |
(informal) One who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity.
A criminal who imitates the crimes of another.
To act as a ; to copy in a shameless or derivative way
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To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
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(biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
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Mock, pretended.
(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Mimic is a synonym of copycat.
As nouns the difference between copycat and mimic
is that copycat is one who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity while mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime.As adjectives the difference between copycat and mimic
is that copycat is imitative; unoriginal while mimic is pertaining to mimicry; imitative.As verbs the difference between copycat and mimic
is that copycat is to act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way while mimic is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule.copycat
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Alternative forms
* copy cat * copy-catNoun
(en noun)- a copycat strangler
Verb
(en-verb)citation
mimic
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Alternative forms
* mimickVerb
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Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(en adjective)- I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare.
- Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.
- Mimic hootings.
