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Mimeo vs Photocopy - What's the difference?

mimeo | photocopy |

As nouns the difference between mimeo and photocopy

is that mimeo is a mimeograph while photocopy is a copy made using a photocopier.

As a verb photocopy is

to make a copy using a photocopier.

mimeo

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mimeograph.
  • * 2005': Underground film and performance art were blossoming; backroom '''mimeo presses seemed to be everywhere. — Martin Torgoff, ''Can't Find My Way Home (Simon & Schuster 2005, p. 105)
  • An unpublished academic paper.

    • Usage notes

    * (unpublished paper) May refer to a paper that is not in the process of being published or that is not part of an institutional working paper series.

    photocopy

    English

    Noun

    (photocopies)
  • A copy made using a photocopier.

    • Synonyms

    * copy * photostat (dated) * xerox, xerox copy

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a copy using a photocopier.