Imitate vs Intimidate - What's the difference?
imitate | intimidate |
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.
To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself.
As verbs the difference between imitate and intimidate
is that imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of while intimidate is to make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.imitate
English
Verb
(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.
Synonyms
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* * ----intimidate
English
Verb
(intimidat)- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.