Simulation vs Feint - What's the difference?
simulation | feint | Synonyms |
Something which simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.''
The process of simulating.
Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
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(soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when a foul hasn't been committed.
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To make a feint, or mock attack.
(to make a counterfeit move to confuse an opponent)
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(obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
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(fencing, boxing, war) (of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
A movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
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(fencing, boxing, war) An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)
Simulation is a synonym of feint.
As nouns the difference between simulation and feint
is that simulation is simulation while feint is a movement made to confuse the opponent, a dummy.As a verb feint is
to make a feint, or mock attack.As an adjective feint is
(obsolete) feigned; counterfeit.simulation
English
(wikipedia simulation)Noun
(en noun)- This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
- The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.
- Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.
Derived terms
* computer simulationfeint
English
Verb
(en verb)Adjective
(-)- Dressed up into any feint appearance of it.
Noun
(en noun)- Courtley's letter is but a feint to get off.