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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Hello, everyone!
- do an impression of someone
- do an impersonation of someone
Do these mean the same thing?
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/morecambe-and-district-news/tyson-fury-sings-when-he-s-winning-1-4318719
The 6ft 9in star took the microphone to belt out a tune and also squared off in a stand-up comedy battle against the veteran Irishman, who did an impression of the late Frank Carson.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/10/condemnation-of-rush-limbaugh-shows-our-hypocrisy.html
At the time his sidekick Bernard McGuirk did an impersonation of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, which anyone could have mistaken for his channeling Amos & Andy.
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Do an "impression / impersonation" of someone
Hello, everyone!- do an impression of someone
- do an impersonation of someone
Do these mean the same thing?
http://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/morecambe-and-district-news/tyson-fury-sings-when-he-s-winning-1-4318719
The 6ft 9in star took the microphone to belt out a tune and also squared off in a stand-up comedy battle against the veteran Irishman, who did an impression of the late Frank Carson.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/10/condemnation-of-rush-limbaugh-shows-our-hypocrisy.html
At the time his sidekick Bernard McGuirk did an impersonation of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin, which anyone could have mistaken for his channeling Amos & Andy.
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An impersonation is a more thorough sort of impression and is often used of a nefarious act of pretending to be someone else for gain, but otherwise they are essentially the same.
- An impersonation is a more thorough sort of impression and is often used of a nefarious act of pretending to be someone else for gain, but otherwise they are essentially the same.
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An impersonation is a more thorough sort of impression and is often used of a nefarious act of pretending to be someone else for gain, but otherwise they are essentially the same.
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