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Replicate vs Irritation - What's the difference?

replicate | irritation |

As nouns the difference between replicate and irritation

is that replicate is an outcome of a procedure while irritation is the act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.

As a verb replicate

is to make a copy (replica) of.

As an adjective replicate

is (botany|zoology) folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

replicate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To make a copy (replica) of.
  • (label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
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  • , 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

    irritation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of irritating, or exciting, or the state of being irritated; excitement; stimulation, usually of an undue and uncomfortable kind; especially, excitement of anger or passion; provocation; annoyance; anger.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=Anna Lena Phillips , title=Sneaky Silk Moths , volume=100, issue=2, page=172 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.}}
  • The act of exciting, or the condition of being excited to action, by stimulation; -- as, the condition of an organ of sense, when its nerve is affected by some external body; especially, the act of exciting muscle fibers to contraction, by artificial stimulation; as, the irritation of a motor nerve by electricity; also, the condition of a muscle and nerve, under such stimulation.
  • A condition of morbid excitability or oversensitiveness of an organ or part of the body; a state in which the application of ordinary stimuli produces pain or excessive or vitiated action.
  • Derived terms

    * irritative * irritant