different between similarity vs simulate

English

Etymology

From French similarité.

Morphologically similar +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?m??læ??ti/
• Rhymes: -æ??ti

Noun

similarity (countable and uncountable, plural similarities)

1. Closeness of appearance to something else.
2. (philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.

   • Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all.

3. (mathematics) A transformation that preserves angles and the ratios of distances

Synonyms

• resemblance

Antonyms

• difference

Related terms

Translations

See also

• likeness
• alikeness

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