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Cloned vs Copycat - What's the difference?

cloned | copycat |

As verbs the difference between cloned and copycat

is that cloned is (clone) while copycat is to act as a ; to copy in a shameless or derivative way.

As a noun copycat is

(informal) one who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity.

As an adjective copycat is

; unoriginal.

cloned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (clone)

    • Anagrams

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    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. ----

    copycat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * copy cat * copy-cat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) One who imitates others' work without adding ingenuity.
  • A criminal who imitates the crimes of another.
    • a copycat strangler

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • ; unoriginal.
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    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To act as a ; to copy in a shameless or derivative way
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    • , passage=In a genre that is rife with copycatting , Ms. Cain deserves some credit for having gotten a potentially interesting new series off the ground. }}