mimic vs surrogate

mimic

adj
  • Pertaining to mimicry; imitative. 

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To imitate, especially in order to ridicule. 

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

surrogate

adj
  • Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute. 

verb
  • To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor. 

noun
  • A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate. 

  • Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane. 

  • An ersatz good. 

  • A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage. 

  • A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent. 

  • A substitute (usually of a person, position or role). 

  • A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions. 

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