different between emulate vs caricature

English

Alternative forms

• æmulate (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.j?.le?t/
• Hyphenation: em?u?late

Verb

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:

     But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

Related terms

• emulation
• emulator
• emulous

Translations

Adjective

emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)

1. (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

See also

• mimic
• copy
• imitate
• simulate

Anagrams

• metulae

Italian

Verb

emulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emulare
2. second-person plural imperative of emulare
3. feminine plural of emulato

English

Alternative forms

• caricatura (archaic)

Etymology

From French caricature, from Italian caricatura.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/, (rare) /k????k?t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæ??k?t???/

Noun

caricature (plural caricatures)

1. A pictorial representation of someone in which distinguishing features are exaggerated for comic effect.
2. A grotesque misrepresentation.

Derived terms

• caricaturise (uncommon), caricaturisation, caricaturish

Translations

Verb

caricature (third-person singular simple present caricatures, present participle caricaturing, simple past and past participle caricatured)

1. To represent someone in an exaggerated or distorted manner.

Derived terms

• caricaturist

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian caricatura, from the verb caricare (“to load; to exaggerate”), cognate with French charger.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.?i.ka.ty?/
• Homophone: caricatures
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

caricature f (plural caricatures)

1. caricature

Derived terms

Further reading

• “caricature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

caricature f

1. plural of caricatura

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?ika?tu?e/, [ka.?i.ka?t?u.?e]

Verb

caricature

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of caricaturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of caricaturar.