Duplicate vs Duplication - What's the difference?
duplicate | duplication |
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.
The act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.
The act or process of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells.
As nouns the difference between duplicate and duplication
is that duplicate is one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy while duplication is the act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold.As an adjective duplicate
is being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.As a verb duplicate
is to make a copy of.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