Duplication vs Reduplication - What's the difference?
duplication | reduplication |
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.
type , nowrap, acute-null accents
baby-talk-like , bye-bye, choo-choo, night night, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, etc. , - ! Ablaut
type , nowrap, acute-grave accents
high-low vowels
front-back vowels , bric-a-brac, chit-chat, criss-cross, kitty-cat, knick-knack, jibber-jabber, splish-splash, zig-zag, sing-song, etc. , - ! Rhymed
type , nowrap, acute-acute accents
varied initials , claptrap, hokey-pokey, honey bunny, razzle-dazzle, slim jim, super-duper, teeny-weeny, wingding, etc. , }
As nouns the difference between duplication and reduplication
is that duplication is the act of duplicating, or the state of being duplicated; a doubling; a folding over; a fold while reduplication is (linguistics) the act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.duplication
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(en noun)reduplication
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(wikipedia reduplication)Usage notes
Here are examples of reduplication in English: {, class="wikitable" ! nowrap , EAR types ! Accents, etc. ! Examples , - ! Exacttype , nowrap, acute-null accents
baby-talk-like , bye-bye, choo-choo, night night, no-no, pee-pee, poo-poo, etc. , - ! Ablaut
type , nowrap, acute-grave accents
high-low vowels
front-back vowels , bric-a-brac, chit-chat, criss-cross, kitty-cat, knick-knack, jibber-jabber, splish-splash, zig-zag, sing-song, etc. , - ! Rhymed
type , nowrap, acute-acute accents
varied initials , claptrap, hokey-pokey, honey bunny, razzle-dazzle, slim jim, super-duper, teeny-weeny, wingding, etc. , }