Appear and Impersonate

Appear

Appear verb - To come into view.

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Impersonate and appear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impersonate" instead a verb "Appear".

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Impersonate verb - To pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior.

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Appear and impersonate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Impersonate".

man	appear man	impersonate man
people	appear people	impersonate people
couple	appear couple	impersonate couple
characters	appear characters	impersonate characters
Other words: anyone, humans, members.

Then there was the anime episode where she had to impersonate Sailor Moon to make it appear it wasn't Usagi, who had been captured and got her Transformation Trinket taken away.

Source: World of Ham
False Face from Batman Beyond had the ability to change his facial features and hair to impersonate others, but was never shown to even appear as another gender or body type.

Source: Humanshifting
On Charmed, "The Importance of Being Phoebe", the demon Kaia shapeshifted to appear like Phoebe, and Phoebe was able to impersonate Kaia in turn just by adopting some of her slutty mannerisms such as constantly playing with her hair.

Source: Impersonating the Evil Twin

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