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Apprentice vs Imitate - What's the difference?

apprentice | imitate |

As verbs the difference between apprentice and imitate

is that apprentice is to put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business while imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

As a noun apprentice

is a trainee, especially in a skilled trade.

apprentice

English

Alternative forms

* apprentise (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
  • (historical) One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a tradesperson, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.
  • (dated) One not well versed in a subject; a tyro or newbie.
  • See also

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    Verb

    (apprentic)
  • To put under the care and supervision of a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business.
  • To be an apprentice to.
  • Joe apprenticed three different photographers before setting up his own studio.

    References

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    imitate

    English

    Verb

    (imitat)
  • To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.
  • * 1870 , Shirley Hibberd, Rustic Adornments for Homes of Taste (page 170)
  • Another bird quickly learned to imitate the song of a canary that was mated with it, but as the parrakeet improved in the performance the canary degenerated, and came at last to mingle the other bird's harsh chitterings with its own proper music.
  • To copy.
  • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * create