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Mimic vs Momic - What's the difference?

mimic | momic |

As nouns the difference between mimic and momic

is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while momic is a comedienne whose act focuses on her children and family life.

As a verb mimic

is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule.

As an adjective mimic

is pertaining to mimicry; imitative.

mimic

English

Alternative forms

* mimick

Verb

  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
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  • (biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
  • An imitation.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
  • *, II.12:
    • 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.
  • * Milton
    • Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.
  • * Wordsworth
    • Mimic hootings.
  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * mime * mimicable * mimicry

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    momic

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A comedienne whose act focuses on her children and family life.
  • * 1996 , Dick Kreck, "Everything wacky in 'Momville'", Denver Post , 2 March 1996:
    • They should be called "momics ," those housewives who climb comedy-club stages and tell jokes about their kids and dirty laundry.

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