Emulation vs. Imitation

Emulationnoun

The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

‘a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation’;

Imitationnoun

The act of imitating.

Emulationnoun

(obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

Imitationnoun

A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

‘imitation leather’;

Emulationnoun

(computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system, by simulating parts of the other system.

Imitationnoun

The act of imitating.

‘Poesy is an art of imitation, . . . that is to say, a representing, counterfeiting, or figuring forth.’;

Emulationnoun

The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.

‘A noble emulation heats your breast.’;

Imitationnoun

That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.

‘Both these arts are not only true imitations of nature, but of the best nature.’;

Emulationnoun

Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

‘Such factious emulations shall arise.’;

Imitationnoun

One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.

Emulationnoun

imitation (of an admired model) for the purpose of improving one's own qualities.

‘[Chivalry was] an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation.’;

Imitationnoun

The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Emulationnoun

the imitation of the actions of a computer system or component, especially a processor, by means of a computer program, with the goal of predicting the behavior and performance characteristics of that system without actually manufacturing it.

‘1996 marked the year that emulation became a mainstream design verification tool.’;

Imitationnoun

the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

Emulationnoun

ambition to equal or excel

Imitationnoun

a copy that is represented as the original

Emulationnoun

(computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another

Imitationnoun

copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

Emulationnoun

effort to equal or surpass another

Imitationnoun

a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Imitationadjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;

‘it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur’; ‘faux pearls’; ‘false teeth’; ‘decorated with imitation palm leaves’; ‘a purse of simulated alligator hide’;

Imitation

Imitation (from Latin imitatio, ) is an advanced behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's behavior. Imitation is also a form of social learning that leads to the "development of traditions, and ultimately our culture.

‘a copying, imitation’;