Mimic
Mimic adjective - Being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials.
Usage example: police were concerned that the mimic gun, although intended only as a toy, might be confused with the real thing in certain situations
Process and mimic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Process" instead an adjective "Mimic".
Nearby Word: mimicry
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| normal | normal mimic | normal process |
| natural | natural mimic | natural process |
| actual | actual mimic | actual process |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They even got to do the Twin Peaks 'Listen to something played backwards, mimic the sound, and then play that backwards so it sound forwards' process on "Dinner Bell" Show-der, bicep, ew-bow, ahhhm!
Source: Music / They Might Be Giants - He was created from a process the Skrulls used to mimic super powers, placing the combined powers of the FF into one warrior.
- As many creators have seen what those weapons could do, they are always trying to make best out of those weapons, as if each is trying to out-cool the other and in the process, they tend to mimic each other.
Source: Just For Fun / Gun Counterpart
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