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Mimetic vs Literary - What's the difference?

mimetic | literary |

As adjectives the difference between mimetic and literary

is that mimetic is exhibiting mimesis while literary is relating to literature.

As a noun mimetic

is something or imitative.

mimetic

English

Alternative forms

* mimetick (qualifier)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Exhibiting mimesis

    • Antonyms

    * nonmimetic

    Derived terms

    * mimeticity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or imitative.
  • (education) A type of mnemonic.
  • (pharmacology) A substance with similar pharmacological effects to another substance.

    • literary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to literature.
    • literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
  • * Johnson
    • He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
  • Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
    • a literary man
  • * Mason
    • in the literary as well as fashionable world
  • Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
  • Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
  • Bookish.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theory

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literacy * literate * literature

    External links

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