Forged vs Duplicate - What's the difference?
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Fake (as documents).
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Fabricated by forging or at a forge, by working hot metal
To force forward against opposition.
being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.
to make a copy of
to do repeatedly; to do again
to produce something equal to
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
* Sir W. Temple
(legal) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original.
The game of duplicate bridge.
* 1999 , Matthew Granovetter, Murder at the Bridge Table (page 6)
The game of duplicate Scrabble.
As adjectives the difference between forged and duplicate
is that forged is fake (as documents) while duplicate is being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.As verbs the difference between forged and duplicate
is that forged is past participle of lang=en To force forward against opposition while duplicate is to make a copy of.As a noun duplicate is
one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.forged
English
Adjective
(-)citation, passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
- Forged identification documents were used to enter the building.
- The blacksmith made an expertly forged horseshoe by beating the red hot metal with his hammer.
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
(head)- He forged forward against the current, even as it tried to sweep him down river.
duplicate
English
Adjective
(-)- This is a duplicate entry.
Verb
(duplicat)- If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?
- You don't need to duplicate my efforts.
- He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.
See also
* repeatNoun
(en noun)- This is a duplicate , but a very good replica.
- I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch.
- (Burrill)
- The momentary madness which infects bridge players occurs frequently at rubber bridge and duplicate ; and though it rarely results in murder, it often terminates marriages and close friendships