copycat vs mimetic

copycat

adj
  • Imitative; unoriginal. 

noun
  • One who imitates or plagiarizes others' work. 

  • A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just been or recently committed by someone else. 

verb
  • To act as a copycat; to copy in a shameless or derivative way 

mimetic

adj
  • Imitative. 

  • Exhibiting mimesis. 

noun
  • A substance with similar pharmacological effects to another substance. 

  • Something mimetic or imitative. 

  • A type of mnemonic in the form of a picture. 

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