Difference between Simulates and Imitate

SIMULATES vs IMITATE: VERB

To resemble (another species of animal, or a plant, or inanimate object) in form, color, ornamentation, or instinctive habits, so as to derive an advantage thereby; sa, when a harmless snake imitates a venomous one in color and manner, or when an odorless insect imitates, in color, one having secretion offensive to birds.
To produce a semblance or likeness of, in form, character, color, qualities, conduct, manners, and the like; to counterfeit; to copy.
To follow as a pattern, model, or example; to copy or strive to copy, in acts, manners etc.
To appear like; resemble.
To copy exactly; reproduce.
To copy (mannerisms or speech).
To copy the mannerisms or speech of; mimic.
To use or follow as a model.

Synonyms Imitate, Counterfeit, Mimic, Ape, Mock. Imitate is the general word for the expression of the idea common to these five words. To counterfeit is to imitate exactly or as closely as possible, more often for a dishonest purpose; to mimic is to imitate in sport or ridicule, as to mimic one's affectations in speech or carriage; to ape is to imitate with servility. Mock, whose first meaning was to imitate in derision, has changed ground so as now generally to mean to deride by imitation, or, still more broadly, to treat with scorn, to tantalize.
To take example by, in action or manner; follow or endeavor to copy as an exemplar; act in the manner or character of; pattern after.
To use as a model or pattern; make a copy, counterpart, or semblance of.

Plays, Stimulated, Stimulates, Reproduces, Emulates, Simulation, Replicates, Mimics, Copy, Assume, Sham, Model, Feign, Reenact, Imitate

Recreate, Counterfeit, Fake, Forge, Impersonate, Follow, Echo, Duplicate, Reproduce, Replicate, Emulate, Mimic, Copy, Ape, Simulate

Recreates, Replays, Reproduced, Stimulated, Reproduces, Emulates, Simulation, Replicates, Mimics, Copy, Sham, Model, Feign, Reenact, Imitate

Recreate, Counterfeit, Fake, Forge, Impersonate, Follow, Echo, Duplicate, Reproduce, Replicate, Emulate, Mimic, Copy, Ape, Simulate

It suggests that the dancer simulates certain aspectmics.
This tiny react app simulates a notification widget.
It simulates traffic exactly happen in real life.
Simulates a mouse down event on an image.
DOS PC program which simulates a HART slave.
This simulates one second of universal galaxy motion.
Imperium Universalis simulates this with a food system.
This paper simulates two scenarios of HRES modelling.
This simulates the Late War Soviet Manpower problems.
Monkey simulates outage of an instance, Chaos Kong simulates outage of an entire AWS region.

Nietzsche sought to imitate Socrates in his writings.
All citizens were urged to imitate their example.
Cuddie: I tell you good will imitate this.
We have dispositions to imitate apparently knowledgeable people.
While Paul is a man we should all seek to imitate individually, the Philippian church is a church we should seek to imitate corporately.
The poor strive to imitate the wealthy and the wealthy imitate celebrities and other icons.
They imitate good behaviors and they imitate bad behaviors.
No, but if scholars could imitate, sadhus and sanyasis could imitate too, because they are followers of a certain order.
The trouble with people who imitate, though, is that they almost invariably imitate faults instead of virtues.
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.