different between impersonate vs simulate

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

Derived terms

Translations

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

Borrowed from Latin simul?tus, past participle of simul? (“make like, imitate, copy, represent, feign”), from similis (“like”). See similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mj??le?t/, /-j?-/

Verb

simulate (third-person singular simple present simulates, present participle simulating, simple past and past participle simulated)

1. To model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Related terms

• simulator

Translations

See also

• emulate

Adjective

simulate (comparative more simulate, superlative most simulate)

1. (obsolete) Feigned; pretended.

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Further reading

• simulate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• simulate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• sultiame

Italian

Adjective

simulate

1. feminine plural of simulato

Verb

simulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of simulare
2. second-person plural imperative of simulare
3. feminine plural of simulato

Anagrams

• emulasti

Latin

Verb

simul?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of simul?

References

• simulate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers