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simulation vs make-believe

make-believe vs simulation

simulation and make-believe both are nouns.

simulation is not an adjective while make-believe is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
simulation Yes No No No
make-believe Yes Yes No No
As nouns, make-believe is a hyponym of simulation; that is, make-believe is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than simulation:
  • simulation: the act of giving a false appearance
  • make-believe: the enactment of a pretense
Other hyponyms of simulation include appearance, show, pretend, affectation, affectedness, mannerism, pose, charade, masquerade.
simulation (noun) make-believe (noun)
the act of giving a false appearance the enactment of a pretense
the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training) imaginative intellectual play
representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
simulation (adjective) make-believe (adjective)
imagined as in a play
Difference between simulation and make-believe

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