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Imitate vs Instill - What's the difference?

imitate | instill |

As verbs the difference between imitate and instill

is that imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of while instill is to cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.

imitate

English

Verb

(imitat)
  • 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)
    • 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.
  • To copy.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * create

    Related terms

    * imitation * imitative * imitable * imitator

    External links

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    instill

    English

    Alternative forms

    * instil UK

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
    • It is important to instill discipline in a child at an early age.
  • To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

    • See also

    * infuse