director vs mimic

director

noun
  • That which directs or orientates something. 

  • A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time. 

  • A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide. 

  • The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal. 

  • A member of a board of directors. 

  • One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director). 

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. 

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

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

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. 

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