Mimic vs Repeat - 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.
(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
As verbs the difference between mimic and repeat
is that mimic is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule while repeat is to do or say again (and again).As nouns the difference between mimic and repeat
is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while repeat is an iteration; a repetition.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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Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.