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Emulation vs Replicate - What's the difference?

emulation | replicate |

In obsolete terms the difference between emulation and replicate

is that emulation is jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention while replicate is to reply.

As nouns the difference between emulation and replicate

is that emulation is the endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions while replicate is an outcome of a replication procedure.

As a verb replicate is

to make a copy (replica) of.

As an adjective replicate is

folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

emulation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.
  • ... is a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation .
  • (obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
  • *, New York Review Books 2001, p.263:
  • *:Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […], but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […].
  • (computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system.
  • Anagrams

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    replicate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a copy (replica) of.
  • (label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Magician’s brain , passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
  • (label) To reply.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • an outcome of a procedure.
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
  • a replicate leaf or petal
    the replicate margin of a shell