Imitation and Playing

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Imitation noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Playing and imitation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Playing" instead a noun "Imitation".

Playing noun - The action of taking part in a game or sport or other recreation.

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Imitation and playing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Imitation" instead a noun "Playing".

Nearby Words: play, played, playful, player, playable

Despite (or perhaps because of) him playing the All American Face to an even greater hilt than Hogan himself, the fans still saw him as a cheap imitation and hated him.

Source: Replacement Scrappy
Playing the British vampire Spike, he replicates a Brit's very poor imitation of an American accent when Spike tries to change his speech to avoid detection by the vampire-capturing Initiative.

Source: Fake Nationality
Cellbound has a lone prisoner forced to perform an imitation of several TV shows, including a concert, which he achieves by effortfully playing several instruments at once, "off-screen".

Source: One-Man Band

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