different between impersonate vs parrot

English

Etymology

From im- +? person +? -ate. Compare incorporate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?p??s?ne?t/

Verb

impersonate (third-person singular simple present impersonates, present participle impersonating, simple past and past participle impersonated)

1. (transitive) To pretend to be (a different person); to assume the identity of.

   Synonym: personate

2. (transitive, computing) To operate with the permissions of a different user account.
3. (obsolete, transitive) To manifest in corporeal form; to personify.

   Synonyms: embody, impersonize

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Anagrams

• permeations

Italian

Verb

impersonate

1. second-person plural present of impersonare
2. second-person plural imperative of impersonare

Verb

impersonate f pl

1. feminine plural past participle of impersonare

Anagrams

• presentiamo

English

Etymology

First attested in 1525. From Middle French perrot, either a diminutive of Pierre or a shortened form of perroquet (whence also parakeet). Compare French pierrot and Occitan parrat. A number of origins have been suggested for perroquet, such as Spanish periquito and Italian parrocchetto. The relationship between these various words is disputed. Replaced earlier popinjay.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?r??t, IPA^(key): /?pæ??t/, /?p???t/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?r??t, IPA^(key): /?pæ??t/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -æ??t
• Hyphenation: par?rot

Noun

parrot (plural parrots)

1. A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.

   Synonyms: (bird of the order Psittaciformes) psittacine, popinjay
2. (figuratively) A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.

   Synonyms: copycat, mimic

   • 1837, Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar,

     In this distribution of functions, the scholar is the delegated intellect. In the right state, he is, Man Thinking. In the degenerate state, when the victim of society, he tends to become a mere thinker, or, still worse, the parrot of other men’s thinking.

3. (archaic) A puffin.

   Synonyms: sea-parrot, tomnoddy

4. (geology, obsolete) Channel coal.
5. (aviation, slang) A transponder.

Hyponyms

• (kind of bird): budgerigar, kakapo, lorikeet, lory, lovebird, macaw, parakeet, rosella

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See also

• Polly
• popinjay
• Dead Parrot
• who's a pretty boy then

Verb

parrot (third-person singular simple present parrots, present participle parroting, simple past and past participle parroted or parrotted)

1. (transitive) To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot.
   • 1996, Bill Clinton, Presidential Radio Address (15 June)

     So when political leaders parrot the tobacco company line, say cigarettes are not necessarily addictive, and oppose our efforts to keep tobacco away from our children, they continue to cater to powerful interests, but they're not standing up for parents and children.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:parrot.

Synonyms

• (to repeat exactly): ape, copycat

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• raptor