What's the difference between aping and imitation?

Aping


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ape

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In recent studies, we have found that Gal alpha 1----3Gal beta 1----4GlcNAc residues are abundant on red cells and nucleated cells of nonprimate mammals, prosimians, and New World monkeys, but their expression is diminished in Old World monkeys, apes, and humans.
  • (2) The sequence of the murine protein differs from that of the human protein in 10% of residues, and it may be presumed that some of these differences are responsible for the inability of gibbon ape leukemia virus to infect mouse fibroblasts.
  • (3) Other differences in cytoarchitecture, within the great apes and humans, include decreases in the small and giant cell populations of the cochlear complex.
  • (4) In order to analyse possible mechanisms of N-action of these factors, we have cultured APE explants for 3 or 18 h in the medium containing various concentrations of con A, PHA of EBDNF.
  • (5) We are by far the most successful of the great apes and have pushed our cousins right up against the wall.
  • (6) Finally, the M. fuscata replication sequence presented here will provide a necessary foundation for future comparisons between apes and man.
  • (7) Miocene hominoids from Europe are among the earliest members of the great ape and human clade (the Hominidae).
  • (8) 4-[[N-(3-Chlorophenyl)-carbamoyl]oxy]-2-butynyltrimethylammonium chloride (McN-A-343) and N-ethyl-guvacine propargyl ester (NEN-APE) produced minimal or no arteriolar vasodilation.
  • (9) Gibbons that acquired infectious gibbon ape leukemia virus, either naturally by exposure to a virus-shedding ape or experimentally by deliberate virus inoculation, had the same levels of serum lytic activity as did unexposed gibbons that had no detectable antibodies to gibbon ape leukemia virus.
  • (10) After this separation, the ancestral DRB1 gene of the DRw52 group duplicated in the Old World monkey lineage to give rise to genes at three loci at least, while in the ape lineage this gene may have remained single and diverged into a number of alleles instead.
  • (11) The results conform to the general pattern that great apes exhibit many cognitive skills comparable to those of 2-year-old humans.
  • (12) They adhered to and, when capacitated, penetrated the vestments of the oocyte of an ape--the gibbon, Hylobates lar--both in vivo and in vitro.
  • (13) Relative to human, no translocations were detected in great apes, except for the well-known fusion-origin of human chromosome 2 and a 5;17 translocation in the gorilla.
  • (14) Replacement of the N-methyl group in arecoline and APE by larger substituents (ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, benzyl, phenylethyl) as well as N-methylation resulted in a decrease or even a complete loss of agonistic activity.
  • (15) The deflecting wrinkle is a well-known character state of the lower m2 and M1 of the human dentition, but there is little information regarding its presence in great apes.
  • (16) She had no idea what she was saying.” The girl, Julia, was escorted from the ground by security guards after she was identified by Goodes as having called him an “ape” .
  • (17) Gonococci attached to, damaged, and invaded the oviduct (fallopian tube) mucosa of chimpanzees (which are apes) but not the oviduct mucosa of baboons (which are monkeys).
  • (18) The TLC analysis indicated that the oligomer produced by APE is not identical to the 2'-5' oligoadenylate.
  • (19) All positive sera from gibbon apes reacted as HSV-1 positive.
  • (20) Little evidence exists that apes can use symbols as names, that is, as a means of simply transmitting information.

Imitation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of imitating.
  • (n.) That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.
  • (n.) One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.
  • (n.) The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In contrast, children who initially have good verbal imitation skills apparently show gains in speech following simultaneous communication training alone.
  • (2) China’s new law also restricts the right of media to report on details of terror attacks, including a provision that media and social media cannot report on details of terror activities that might lead to imitation, nor show scenes that are “cruel and inhuman”.
  • (3) It imitates the conventional percussion massage of the thorax by introducing high-frequency gas oscillations (300 impulses per minute) into the tracheobronchial system.
  • (4) Joints are originally created by the author as an imitation of TMJ and mandibular ramus.
  • (5) In Rhodotorula, peroxisomes are characterized by the same "bean" configuration and paired arrangement imitating "copulation" as mitocondria.
  • (6) When imitation examination was carried out using pontamine blue dye solution in 7 kinds of syringes for the use of cartridge, dye reflux was observed in all of them.
  • (7) The heterogeneity was imitated by parallel connection of two papillar muscles with different mechanical properties.
  • (8) Analysis of error patterns shows the least number of errors for the recognition task and greatest number for the spontaneous production task, with imitation holding the intermediate position (R less than I less than P).
  • (9) Neither of these tests was significantly correlated with an ideomotor apraxia test (imitation of movements).
  • (10) This chapter also reviews the social response to AA including early research on AA, the generally favorable response to AA, criticism of AA, and the widespread imitation of AA by other problem area groups.
  • (11) I think we’re finally at a place in culture where a character being gay or lesbian isn’t taboo, especially for teenagers – the target audience for a lot of these summer blockbusters,” says screenwriter Graham Moore, who won an Oscar for the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game .
  • (12) When imitative prompts and reinforcements were used to teach compound sentence structure, correct use of simple sentences declined and correct use of compound structure increased.
  • (13) A nonverbal boy, enrolled in a special education preschool, was taught to imitate reliably six words in 46 15-minute sessions.
  • (14) Tics are modified by multiple psychological contents (aggressive or sexual impulses, imitation of others) which tend to become independent of their origin.
  • (15) He learned many of the other crucial skills that were either lacking, or absent: the ability to point, and imitate; the habit of commenting on his surroundings; how to divert his energy away from tantrums into productive activity.
  • (16) In contrast to other studies, it was concluded that the sequential therapy does not imitate the usual endometrium alterations of a normal cycle.
  • (17) Sixteen autistic children with WISC Performance IQs of 70 or above were analyzed to determine their conceptions of spatial relations, size comparisons, and gesture imitations through the use of the WISC, an originally devised Language Decoding Test (LDT), and a modified Gesture Imitation Test (GIT).
  • (18) The effects of 8-Br cyclic AMP were not mimicked by cyclic AMP applied extracellularly but were imitated by intracellular injections of cyclic AMP.
  • (19) A previously unreported case of a synovial cyst of a temporo-mandibular joint imitating a parotid tumour is described.
  • (20) It could be imitated by caffeine and blocked by tetracaine and thus was, most likely, initiated by release of calcium.

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