What is the difference between mimic and ape?
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To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
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(biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
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Mock, pretended.
(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
Any such primate other than a human.
(derogatory) An uncivilised person.
To behave like an ape.
To imitate; mimic.
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Wild; crazy.
As verbs the difference between mimic and ape
is that mimic is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule while ape is to behave like an ape.As nouns the difference between mimic and ape
is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while ape is a primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.As adjectives the difference between mimic and ape
is that mimic is pertaining to mimicry; imitative while ape is wild; crazy.mimic
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Alternative forms
* mimickVerb
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Synonyms
* See alsoAdjective
(en adjective)- I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare.
- Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.
- Mimic hootings.
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(wikipedia ape)Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* ape-baboon * ape-bearer * apedom * apehood * apelike * apeling * apely * apeman * apeshit * go ape * naked apeVerb
(ap)- It is not conceived as a mere “aping ” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.
Derived terms
*Adjective
(-)- We were ape over the new look.
- He went ape when he heard the bad news.