imitation vs school of thought

school of thought vs imitation

imitation and school of thought both are nouns.

imitation is an adjective but school of thought is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
imitation	Yes	Yes	No	No
school of thought	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hypernyms of imitation include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy.

imitation (noun)	school of thought (noun)
copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
something copied or derived from an original
the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

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

Difference between imitation and school of thought

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