Mime vs. Meme — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Mime and Meme
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Definitions
Mime
A communications protocol that allows for the transmission of data in many forms, such as audio, binary, or video.
Meme
A meme ( MEEM) is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme. A meme acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols, or practices, that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme.
Mime
A form of ancient Greek and Roman theatrical entertainment in which familiar characters and situations were farcically portrayed on stage, often with coarse dialogue and ludicrous actions.
Meme
An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another by imitation or other non-genetic means.
Mime
A performance of or dialogue for such an entertainment.
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Meme
An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.
Mime
A performer in a mime.
Meme
A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.
Mime
A modern performer who specializes in comic mimicry.
Meme
An image or short video clip, often accompanied by a humorous saying or popular catchphrase, that is transmitted virally, especially on social media.
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Mime
The art of portraying characters and acting out situations or a narrative by gestures and body movement without the use of words; pantomime.
Meme
A humorous saying or popular catchphrase that is transmitted virally, especially as a caption for such an image or video clip.
Mime
A performance of pantomime.
Meme
(originally) Any unit of (originally cultural) information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another in a comparable way to the transmission of genes.
Mime
An actor or actress skilled in pantomime.
Meme
(Internet) Media, usually humorous, which is copied and circulated online with slight adaptations, such as basic pictures, video templates, etc.
Mime
To ridicule by imitation; mimic.
Meme
(Internet) A specific instance of a meme, such as an image macro or a video, often with humorous superimposed text.
This meme generator lets you make your own memes by adding a caption to existing images, or by uploading your own image.
I'm always posting memes on the groupchat.
Mime
To act out with gestures and body movement.
Meme
Something not to be taken seriously; a joke.
It's a meme degree, you know. Good luck getting a job from that.
Jogging is a meme.
Mime
To act as a mimic.
Meme
Granny; nana
Mime
To portray characters and situations by gesture and body movement.
Meme
To create and use humorous memes.
Mime
A form of acting without words; pantomime.
Meme
To turn into a meme; to use a meme, especially to achieve a goal in real life.
To meme into existence
Mime
A pantomime actor.
Meme
To joke around.
Mime
A classical theatrical entertainment in the form of farce.
Meme
A cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one generation to another by nongenetic means (as by imitation);
Memes are the cultrual counterpart of genes
Mime
A performer of such a farce.
Mime
A person who mimics others in a comical manner.
Mime
Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Chilasa or Papilio, that mimic other species in appearance.
Mime
A unit of imitation in the theory of symbiosism.
Mime
To mimic.
Mime
(intransitive) To act without words.
Mime
To represent an action or object through gesture, without the use of sound.
In this game, you're given a word, which you have to mime to the others in the group.
Mime
A kind of drama in which real persons and events were generally represented in a ridiculous manner; an ancient Greek or Roman form of farce.
Mime
An actor in such representations.
Mime
The art of representing actions, events, situations, or stories solely by gestures and body movements, without speaking; pantomime{3}.
Mime
An actor who performs or specializes in mime{3}; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; a pantomime{2}; a pantomimist; a mimer.
Mime
A mimic.
Mime
To mimic.
Mime
An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
Mime
A performance using gestures and body movements without words
Mime
Imitate (a person, a manner, etc.), especially for satirical effect;
The actor mimicked the President very accurately
Mime
Act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only;
The acting students mimed eating an apple