do vs mimic

do

verb
  • To impersonate or depict. 

  • To work for or on, by way of caring for, looking after, preparing, cleaning, keeping in order, etc. 

  • To suffice. 

  • To finish. 

  • To fare, perform (well or poorly). 

  • To have (as an effect). 

  • To perform the tasks or actions associated with (something). 

  • A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE. 

  • A syntactic marker in a question whose main verb is not another auxiliary verb or be. 

  • To take drugs. 

  • To exist with a purpose or for a reason. 

  • To copy or emulate the actions or behaviour that is associated with the person or thing mentioned. 

  • To travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of. 

  • To be reasonable or acceptable. 

  • To have sex with. (See also do it) 

  • To have as one's job. 

  • To cook. 

  • To convert into a certain form; especially, to translate. 

  • To punish for a misdemeanor. 

  • To make or provide. 

  • A syntactic marker in negations with the indicative and imperative moods. 

  • To treat in a certain way. 

  • To deal with for good and all; to finish up; to undo; to ruin; to do for. 

  • A syntactic marker for emphasis with the indicative, imperative, and subjunctive moods. 

  • Let’s do New York also. 

  • To kill. 

  • To cash or to advance money for, as a bill or note. 

  • To spend (time) in jail. (See also do time) 

  • To injure (one's own body part). 

  • To perform; to execute. 

  • To cheat or swindle. 

noun
  • A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale. 

  • A homicide. 

  • A party, celebration, social function; usually of moderate size and formality. 

  • Something that can or should be done. 

num
  • The cardinal number occurring after el and before do one in a duodecimal system. Written 10, decimal value 12. 

mimic

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. 

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. 

How often have the words do and mimic occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )