Audition vs Imitate - What's the difference?
audition | imitate |
(countable) A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent
(uncountable) The sense of hearing
(label) To evaluate one or more performers in through an .
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(label) To take part in such a performance.
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)
To copy.
As verbs the difference between audition and imitate
is that audition is to evaluate one or more performers in through an audition while imitate is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.As a noun audition
is a performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.audition
English
Noun
- I've been to five auditions this week.
- His audition was poor.
Synonyms
* (performance by an aspiring performer) casting * (performance by an aspiring performer) tryoutVerb
(en verb)Derived terms
* auditioner * auditioneeimitate
English
Verb
(imitat)- 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.