copy vs mimic

copy

noun
  • An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality. 

  • The text of newspaper articles. 

  • Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard. 

  • The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services. 

  • The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original. 

  • A school work pad. 

  • A printed edition of a book or magazine. 

  • The result of gene or chromosomal duplication. 

  • The text that is to be typeset. 

  • A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy. 

verb
  • To produce an object identical to a given object. 

  • To give or transmit a copy to (a person). 

  • To place a copy of an object in memory for later use. 

  • To imitate. 

  • To receive a transmission successfully. 

mimic

noun
  • An imitation. 

  • A comic who does impressions. 

  • An entity that mimics another entity, such as a disease that resembles another disease in its signs and symptoms; see the great imitator. 

  • A mime. 

adj
  • Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry. 

  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. 

  • Mock, pretended. 

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

  • To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage. 

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