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Clone vs Cloze - What's the difference?

clone | cloze |

As a verb clone

is .

As a noun cloze is

(education) a form of written examination technique in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.

clone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.
  • A copy or imitation of something already existing, especially when designed to simulate it.
  • A group of identical cells derived from a single cell.[http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2754]

    • Derived terms

    * holoclone * meroclone * paraclone * polyclone

    Verb

    (clon)
  • To create a clone.

    • References

    * C.L. Pollard. "'Clon' versus 'clone'". Science (new series) 22:469, 1905. * C.L. Pollard. "On the spelling of 'clon'". Science (new series) 22:87-88, 1905. * W.T. Stearn. "The use of the term 'clone'". Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 74:41-47, 1949. ----

    cloze

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (education) A form of written examination technique in which candidates are required to provide words that have been omitted from sentences, thereby demonstrating their knowledge and comprehension of the text.
  • * 1994 , Joseph Boyle, ?Peter Falvey, English Language Testing in Hong Kong (page 8)
    • The clozes , at least those used in the examinations, have the distinct advantage that they expose the students to continuous and reasonably authentic text
  • :* {{quote-web
    • , date=2013-03-13 , year= , first= , last= , author= , authorlink= , title=Lückentext - cloze , site=German Language Blog citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-03-15 , passage=this time the cloze is about the declination of adjectives }}

    Synonyms

    * cloze test

    See also

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