What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Imitation vs Imitancy - What's the difference?

imitation | imitancy |

As nouns the difference between imitation and imitancy

is that imitation is imitation while imitancy is tendency to imitation.

imitation

English

(wikipedia imitation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of imitating.
  • A copy.

    • Antonyms

    * (act of imitating) creation

    imitancy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Tendency to imitation.
    • (Carlyle)
    (Webster 1913)