Mimic vs Replication - What's the difference?
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To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
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(biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.
Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
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Mock, pretended.
(mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.
Process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
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Copy; reproduction.
(legal) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
(biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
As nouns the difference between mimic and replication
is that mimic is a person who practices mimicry, or mime while replication is process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.As a verb mimic
is to imitate, especially in order to ridicule.As an adjective mimic
is pertaining to mimicry; imitative.mimic
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Alternative forms
* mimickVerb
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Synonyms
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(en adjective)- I think every man is cloied and wearied, with seeing so many apish and mimicke trickes, that juglers teach their Dogges, as the dances, where they misse not one cadence of the sounds or notes they heare.
- Oft, in her absence, mimic fancy wakes / To imitate her.
- Mimic hootings.
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Noun
(en noun)- DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.
- That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.
