Mimic vs Monk - What's the difference?
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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 male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
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in earlier usage, an eremite or hermit devoted to solitude, as opposed to a cenobite, who lived communally.
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, chapter=20 (slang) A male who leads an isolated life; a loner, a hermit.
(slang) An unmarried man who does not have sexual relationships.
(slang) A judge.
(printing) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed; distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
A South American monkey (.
The (European bullfinch).
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between mimic and monk
is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while monk is a male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.As a verb mimic
is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule.As an adjective mimic
is pertaining to mimicry; imitative.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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* *monk
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(wikipedia monk)Noun
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