Imitation vs Discussion - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between imitation and discussion

is that imitation is imitation while discussion is conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

(wikipedia imitation)

(en noun)

The act of imitating.

A copy.

* (act of imitating) creation

(wikipedia discussion)

(en noun)

Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".

This topic is not open to discussion .

Text giving further detail on a subject.

Under each heading, you will find a discussion section.