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Mimic vs Mimicking - What's the difference?

mimic | mimicking |

As verbs the difference between mimic and mimicking

is that mimic is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule while mimicking is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between mimic and mimicking

is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while mimicking is mimicry.

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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    mimicking

    English

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • mimicry
  • * (Washington Irving)
    • They had a thousand odd stories and jokes about the events of the day, and burlesque descriptions and mimickings of the spectators who had been admiring them.