Gifts vs. Meme — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gifts and Meme
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Gifts
Something that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation
I received several gifts for my birthday. Your gift of $100 is greatly appreciated.
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Meme
A meme ( MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme.
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Gifts
The act of giving
The painting came into their possession by gift.
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Meme
An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
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Gifts
A talent, endowment, aptitude, or inclination
She has a gift for playing the piano.
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Meme
An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.
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Gifts
To present something as a gift to
Gifted his niece with a watch.
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Meme
A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
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Gifts
To give as a gift
"King Charles II ... had gifted the land of Carolina to certain members of his court" (Marilyn Yalom).
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Meme
An image or short video clip, often accompanied by a humorous saying or popular catchphrase, that is transmitted virally, especially on social media.
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Gifts
To endow with
Nature has gifted her with a fine voice.
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Meme
A humorous saying or popular catchphrase that is transmitted virally, especially as a caption for such an image or video clip.
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Gifts
Plural of gift
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Meme
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
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Meme
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
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Meme
(Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image.
I'm always posting memes on the groupchat.
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Meme
Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that.
Jogging is a meme.
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Meme
Granny; nana
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Meme
To create and use humorous memes.
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Meme
To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
To meme into existence
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Meme
To joke around.
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Meme
A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation);
Memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes
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