Parrot vs Emulate - What's the difference?
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A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
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A parroter; a person who repeats what was just said.
* 1837 , ,
(archaic) A puffin.
(geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
* 1996 , (15 June)
To attempt to equal or be the same as.
To copy or imitate, especially a person.
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(obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:
(computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device
(obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.
* Shakespeare
Parrot is a related term of emulate.
As a proper noun parrot
is .As a verb emulate is
to attempt to equal or be the same as.As an adjective emulate is
(obsolete) striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.parrot
English
(wikipedia parrot)Noun
(en noun)- I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.
- Mrs Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the parrot' on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid ' parrot of a larger species.
- What kind of a parrot are you? He just said that.
- In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking . In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.
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* (English Citations of "parrot")Synonyms
* (kind of bird) popinjay, Psittaciformes * (person who repeats what was said) copycat, mimic, parroter * (puffin) puffin, sea-parrot, tomnoddy * (channel coal) channel coalHyponyms
* (kind of bird) (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)Derived terms
* blood parrot * blood parrotfish * burrowing parrot * parrot's beak orchid * parrot's bill * parrot-billed sparrow * parrot bush * parrot-coal * parrot crossbill * parrot cry * parrot disease * parrot feather * parrot fever * parrot flower * parrot green * parrot lily * parrot pitcher plant * parrot snake * parrot toadstool * parrot waxcap * parrot weed * parrotbill * parrotfinch * parrotfish * parrothouse * parrotlet * parroty * sea-parrotSee also
* Polly * popinjay * * who's a pretty boy thenVerb
- So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.
Quotations
* (English Citations of "parrot")Synonyms
* (to repeat exactly) (l), (l)Derived terms
* parroter * parrot-fashion * parrotism * parrotize * parrotry * poll parrotAnagrams
*emulate
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Verb
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- But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].
See also
* mimic * copy * imitate * simulateAdjective
(en adjective)- A most emulate pride.