different between imitation vs reprint

English

Etymology

From Old French imitacion, from Latin imitatio

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

imitation (countable and uncountable, plural imitations)

1. The act of imitating.
2. (attributive) A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

   imitation leather

Antonyms

• (act of imitating): creation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin imit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mi.ta.sj??/

Noun

imitation f (plural imitations)

1. imitation

Related terms

• imiter

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

re- +? print (verb)

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: r??pr?nt, IPA^(key): /??i?p??nt/
• (verb) enPR: r?-pr?nt?, IPA^(key): /?i??p??nt/
• Hyphenation: re?print

Noun

reprint (plural reprints)

1. A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again.

Translations

Verb

reprint (third-person singular simple present reprints, present participle reprinting, simple past and past participle reprinted)

1. (transitive) To print (something) that has been published in print before.

2. (transitive) To renew the impression of.

   • The whole business of our redemption is […] to reprint God's image upon the soul.

Translations

Anagrams

• printer