imitation vs philosophy

philosophy vs imitation

imitation and philosophy both are nouns.

imitation is an adjective but philosophy is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imitation	Yes	Yes	No	No
philosophy	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, philosophy is a hypernym of imitation; that is, philosophy is a word with a broader meaning than imitation:

imitation: the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
philosophy: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of imitation include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, school of thought.

imitation (noun)	philosophy (noun)
copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else	the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics
something copied or derived from an original	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations	any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

imitation (adjective)	philosophy (adjective)
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

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