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Printing vs Duplicate - What's the difference?

printing | duplicate |

As nouns the difference between printing and duplicate

is that printing is (uncountable) the process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology while duplicate is one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

As verbs the difference between printing and duplicate

is that printing is while duplicate is to make a copy of.

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.

printing

English

(wikipedia printing)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
  • (uncountable) Material that has been printed.
  • (countable) All the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch.
  • (uncountable) Written characters that are not joined up.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • 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