Mock vs. Simulation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Mock and Simulation
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Mock
Tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner
Opposition MPs mocked the government's decision
Simulation
A simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. Simulations require the use of models; the model represents the key characteristics or behaviors of the selected system or process, whereas the simulation represents the evolution of the model over time.
Mock
Make a replica or imitation of something.
Simulation
The act or process of simulating.
Mock
Not authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive
Jim threw up his hands in mock horror
A mock-Georgian red brick house
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Simulation
An imitation; a sham.
Mock
Mock examinations
Obtaining Grade A in mocks
Simulation
Assumption of a false appearance.
Mock
An object of derision
He has become the mock of all his contemporaries
Simulation
Imitation or representation, as of a potential situation or in experimental testing.
Mock
To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride
Was mocked for contradicting himself.
Mocked her superficial understanding of the issues.
Simulation
Representation of the operation or features of one process or system through the use of another
Computer simulation of an in-flight emergency.
Mock
To imitate in fun or derision
Mocked his high-pitched voice.
Simulation
Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
This exercise is a simulation of actual battle conditions.
The most reliable simulation predicts that the hurricane will turn north.
Mock
To mimic or resemble closely
A whistle that mocks the call of seabirds.
Simulation
The process of simulating.
Despite extensive simulation in the design phase, the aircraft failed to behave as expected.
Mock
To frustrate the hopes or intentions of
"The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris).
Simulation
(video game genre) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.
Some kids in the classroom will be playing simulations after school.
Mock
To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible
"The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall).
Simulation
Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
Mock
To express scorn or ridicule; jeer
They mocked at the idea.
Simulation
(soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.
Mock
The act of mocking.
Simulation
The act of simulating, or assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true; - distinguished from dissimulation, which disguises or conceals what is true.
Mock
An object of scorn or derision
Became the mock of his associates.
Simulation
(computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program;
A simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated
Mock
Simulated; false; sham
A mock battle.
Simulation
The act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
Mock
In an insincere or pretending manner
Mock sorrowful.
Simulation
Representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
Mock
An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
Simulation
The act of giving a false appearance;
His conformity was only pretending
Mock
; the act of mocking.
Mock
A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
Mock
(software engineering) A mockup or prototype; particularly, mock object, as used in unit testing.
Mock
To mimic, to simulate.
Mock
(rare) To create an artistic representation of.
Mock
To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
Mock
To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
Mock
To create a mockup or prototype of.
Mock
Imitation, not genuine; fake.
Mock leather
Mock trial
Mock turtle-soup
Mock
To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
To see the life as lively mocked as everStill sleep mocked death.
Mocking marriage with a dame of France.
Mock
To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud.
Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
Mock
To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.
Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies.
He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence.
Mock
To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
She had mocked at his proposal.
Mock
An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
Fools make a mock at sin.
Mock
Imitation; mimicry.
Mock
Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
That superior greatness and mock majesty.
Mock
The act of mocking or ridiculing;
They made a mock of him
Mock
Treat with contempt;
The new constitution mocks all democratic principles
Mock
Imitate with mockery and derision;
The children mocked their handicapped classmate
Mock
Constituting a copy or imitation of something;
Boys in mock battle
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