Play and Simulate

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Play verb - Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity.

Usage example: Play cowboy and Indians

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Simulate is a synonym for play in arts topic. In some cases you can use "Simulate" instead a verb "Play".

Nearby Words: played, playful, player, playfulness, playing

Simulate verb - To present a false appearance of.

Usage example: cosmetics that simulate a suntan

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Play is a synonym for simulate in arts topic. Sometimes you can use "Play" instead a verb "Simulate", if it concerns topics such as pretend.

Similarly, he wore extensive prosthetics and makeup (including a cap to simulate a receding hairline) to play Whitey Bulger in Black Mass and as a result is barely recognizable.

Source: Beauty Inversion
In the Strong Bad Email "space program", one of the tracks in Strong Bad's sound effects CD (which the Cheat uses to simulate the weapons when they play spaceman) is "Body Falling Down Stairs".

Source: Staircase Tumble
In Titeuf, the hero is asked by a girl to play doctor, and he proceeds to simulate an injection.

Source: Playing Doctor

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