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Simulate vs Parody - What's the difference?

simulate | parody |

As verbs the difference between simulate and parody

is that simulate is to model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of while parody is to make a parody of something.

As an adjective simulate

is (obsolete) feigned; pretended.

As a noun parody is

a work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.

simulate

English

Verb

(simulat)
  • To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of
  • We will use a smoke machine to simulate the fog you will actually encounter.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * emulate

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.
  • (Bale)

    parody

    English

    (wikipedia parody)

    Noun

    (parodies)
  • A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
  • * Macaulay
  • The lively parody which he wrote was received with great applause.
  • (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
  • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a parody of something.
  • The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

    See also

    * satire / satirize * pastiche