different between emulate vs litigate

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

Etymology

From Latin l?tig?re, present active infinitive of l?tig?; which, in its turn, stems from l?tem (“a quarrel”) + ag? (“do, practice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t??e?t/

Verb

litigate (third-person singular simple present litigates, present participle litigating, simple past and past participle litigated)

1. (intransitive, construed with on) To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit.
2. (transitive) To contest in law.
3. (transitive, transferred sense) To dispute; to fight over.

Derived terms

• litigable
• litigation

Translations

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liti??ate/

Verb

litigate

1. adverbial present passive participle of litigar

Italian

Noun

litigate f pl

1. plural of litigata

Verb

litigate

1. second-person plural present of litigare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of litigare
3. second-person plural imperative of litigare
4. feminine plural of the past participle of litigare

Anagrams

• aglietti

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /li?.ti??a?.te/, [li?t????ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /li.ti??a.te/, [lit?i????t??]

Participle

l?tig?te

1. vocative masculine singular of l?tig?tus