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Occurrence vs Duplicate - What's the difference?

occurrence | duplicate |

As nouns the difference between occurrence and duplicate

is that occurrence is actual instance where a situation arises while duplicate is one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

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.

occurrence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Actual instance where a situation arises.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}

    Usage notes

    * This word is often misspelled occurence'', ''occurrance'' or ''occurance .

    Related terms

    * recurrence

    duplicate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.
    • This is a duplicate entry.

    Verb

    (duplicat)
  • to make a copy of
    • If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?
  • to do repeatedly; to do again
    • You don't need to duplicate my efforts.
  • to produce something equal to
    • He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.

    See also

    * repeat

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
    • This is a duplicate , but a very good replica.
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch.
  • (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.
    • (Burrill)
  • The game of duplicate bridge.
  • * 1999 , Matthew Granovetter, Murder at the Bridge Table (page 6)
    • 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
  • The game of duplicate Scrabble.

    • Synonyms

    * reproduction