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Imitate vs Limitate - What's the difference?

imitate | limitate |

As a verb imitate

is to follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

As an adjective limitate is

bounded by a distinct line.

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

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * create

    limitate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Bounded by a distinct line.
  • (Webster 1913) ----