different between simulate vs hoax

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

English

Etymology

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Reportedly a form of hocus. Possibly from hocus-pocus or Latin iocus (“joke”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h??ks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ho?ks/
• Rhymes: -??ks
• Homophone: hokes

Verb

hoax (third-person singular simple present hoaxes, present participle hoaxing, simple past and past participle hoaxed)

1. (transitive) To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

Derived terms

• hoaxer
• hoaxster (rare)

Translations

Noun

hoax (plural hoaxes)

1. Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Synonyms

• (deliberately false story or report): canard

Derived terms

• (deliberately false story or report): hoaxical, Hoaxocaust

Translations