Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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imitation | Yes | Yes | No | No |
emulation | Yes | No | No | No |
imitation (noun) | emulation (noun) |
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copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else | effort to equal or surpass another |
something copied or derived from an original | (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another |
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations | ambition to equal or excel |
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
imitation (adjective) | emulation (adjective) |
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not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article |