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In uncountable terms the difference between copy and print

is that copy is the text of newspaper articles while print is the letters forming the text of a document.

In transitive terms the difference between copy and print

is that copy is to imitate while print is to stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.

As an adjective print is

of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.

copy

English

Noun

(copies)
  • The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
  • Please bring me the copies of those reports.
  • * Denham
  • I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.
  • An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
  • That handbag is a copy . You can tell because the buckle is different.
  • (journalism) The text that is to be typeset.
  • (journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy
  • (marketing) The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.
  • (uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
  • Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.
  • A school work pad.
  • Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy .
  • A printed edition of a book or magazine.
  • Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?
    The library has several copies of the Bible.
  • Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.
  • (obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
  • His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
  • * Holder
  • Let him first learn to write, after a copy , all the letters.
  • (obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humour thus.
  • (obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease
  • (Shakespeare)
  • (genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.
  • Synonyms

    * carbon copy * duplicate * facsimile * image * likeness * reduplication * replica * replication * reproduction * simulacrum * fake * forgery * phony * sham

    Antonyms

    * original

    Derived terms

    * advance copy * backup copy * deep copy * carbon copy * certified copy * clean copy * conformed copy * copy area * copy book * copy boy * copy cat/copycat * copy constructor * copy desk * copydom * copy editor * copy holder * copy key * copy menu * copy number * copy protection * copy room * copy ruler * copy shop * copy test * copy typist * copywriter * courtesy copy * duplicate copy * fair copy * hard copy * image copy * master copy * office copy * photocopy * presentation copy * promotional copy * reading copy * review copy * scaled copy * shallow copy * soft copy * top copy * xerox copy

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (label) To produce an object identical to a given object.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.}}
  • To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
  • (label) To imitate.
  • * (Dugald Stewart) (1753–1828)
  • We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.
  • To receive a transmission successfully.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * copyable * copy and paste * copy down * copy-edit * copy out * deep-copy

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    print

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to, or writing for printed publications.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce one or more copies of a text or image on a surface, especially by machine; often used with out'' or ''off : print out, print off.
  • Print the draft double-spaced so we can mark changes between the lines.
  • To produce a microchip (an integrated circuit) in a process resembling the printing of an image.
  • The circuitry is printed onto the semiconductor surface.
  • (ambitransitive) To write very clearly, especially, to write without connecting the letters as in cursive.
  • Print your name here and sign below.
    I'm only in grade 2, so I only know how to print .
  • (ambitransitive) To publish in a book, newspaper, etc.
  • How could they print an unfounded rumour like that?
  • * Alexander Pope
  • From the moment he prints , he must expect to hear no more truth.
  • To stamp or impress (something) with coloured figures or patterns.
  • to print calico
  • To fix or impress, as a stamp, mark, character, idea, etc., into or upon something.
  • * Surrey
  • A look will print a thought that never may remove.
  • * Sir John Beaumont
  • Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, / Which in that field young Edward's sword did print .
  • * Roscommon
  • some footsteps printed in the clay
  • To stamp something in or upon; to make an impression or mark upon by pressure, or as by pressure.
  • * Dryden
  • Forth on his fiery steed betimes he rode, / That scarcely prints the turf on which he trod.

    Derived terms

    * printer * printing form * printing press

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Books and other material created by printing presses, considered collectively or as a medium.
  • Three citations are required for each meaning, including one in print .
    TV and the internet haven't killed print .
  • (uncountable) Clear handwriting, especially, writing without connected letters as in cursive.
  • Write in print using block letters.
  • (uncountable) The letters forming the text of a document.
  • The print is too small for me to read.
  • A visible impression on a surface.
  • Using a crayon, the girl made a print of the leaf under the page.
  • A fingerprint.
  • Did the police find any prints at the scene?
  • A footprint.
  • (visual art) A picture that was created in multiple copies by printing.
  • (photography) A photograph that has been printed onto paper from the negative.
  • (motion pictures) A copy of a film that can be projected.
  • Cloth that has had a pattern of dye printed onto it.
  • Antonyms

    * (writing without connected letters) cursive

    Derived terms

    * fine print * fingerprint * footprint * in print * newsprint * out of print * pawprint * printmaking * printout * small print * thumbprint