Mime vs Gesticulate - What's the difference?
mime | gesticulate |
A form of acting without words; pantomime
A pantomime actor
A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce
A performer of such a farce
A person who mimics others in a comical manner
To mimic.
To act without words.
To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
To make gestures or motions, as in speaking; to use postures.
To say or express through gestures.
* "...the TV programme Friends is influencing not only the way Irish people speak but also how they gesticulate . Now almost every utterance is accompanied by arms outstretched and palms turned upwards." Irish Times , December 6, 2004