mimesis vs quotation

mimesis and quotation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mimesis	Yes	No	No	No
quotation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, quotation is a hypernym of mimesis; that is, quotation is a word with a broader meaning than mimesis:

Other hypernyms of mimesis include citation, quote.

mimesis (noun)	quotation (noun)
the imitative representation of nature and human behavior in art and literature	the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
the representation of another person's words in a speech	a passage or expression that is quoted or cited
any disease that shows symptoms characteristic of another disease	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
	a statement of the current market price of a security or commodity