Replicate vs Observe - What's the difference?
replicate | observe |
To make a copy (replica) of.
(label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
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, title= (label) To reply.
(botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
(lb) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
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*1892 , (Arthur Conan Doyle),
*:“One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”
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, title= (lb) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
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*Bible, (w)
*:Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
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, title= (lb) To comment on something; to make an observation.
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*:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed , lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
As verbs the difference between replicate and observe
is that replicate is to make a copy (replica) of while observe is to notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.As a noun replicate
is an outcome of a replication procedure.As an adjective replicate
is folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.replicate
English
Verb
(en-verb)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.}}
Adjective
(en adjective)- a replicate leaf or petal
- the replicate margin of a shell
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Verb
(observ)Not Just Going with the Flow, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report, passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
