Simulated vs Imitated - What's the difference?
simulated | imitated |
(simulate)
made to imitate something else; artificial
(imitate)
To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
* 1870 , Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
To copy.
As verbs the difference between simulated and imitated
is that simulated is (simulate) while imitated is (imitate).As an adjective simulated
is made to imitate something else; artificial.simulated
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(head)imitated
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(head)imitate
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(imitat)- Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.