Mimic vs Replicate - What's the difference?
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To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
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(biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
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Mock, pretended.
(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
To make a copy (replica) of.
(label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
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(botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
As verbs the difference between mimic and replicate
is that mimic is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule while replicate is to make a copy (replica) of.As nouns the difference between mimic and replicate
is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while replicate is an outcome of a replication procedure.As adjectives the difference between mimic and replicate
is that mimic is pertaining to mimicry; imitative while replicate is folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.mimic
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Alternative forms
* mimickVerb
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Synonyms
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(en adjective)- I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare.
- Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.
- Mimic hootings.
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Verb
(en-verb)Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
Adjective
(en adjective)- a replicate leaf or petal
- the replicate margin of a shell