imitate vs take off

imitate and take off both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imitate	No	No	Yes	No
take off	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take off is a hyponym of imitate; that is, take off is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than imitate:

Other hyponyms of imitate include conform to, follow, mock, mime, mimic, model, pattern, follow, take after, emulate.

imitate (verb)	take off (verb)
reproduce someone's behavior or looks	remove clothes or shoes
make a reproduction or copy of	take away
appear like, as in behavior or appearance	make a subtraction
	prove fatal
	mimic or imitate in an amusing or satirical manner
	depart for someplace
	get started or set in motion, used figuratively
	depart from the ground
	take time off from work; stop working temporarily