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Imitated vs Imitate - What's the difference?

imitated | imitate |

As verbs the difference between imitated and imitate

is that imitated is (imitate) while imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

imitated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (imitate)

  • 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

    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