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Replicate vs Reduplicate - What's the difference?

replicate | reduplicate |

As verbs the difference between replicate and reduplicate

is that replicate is to make a copy (replica) of while reduplicate is to repeat a word or section of a word in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.

As adjectives the difference between replicate and reduplicate

is that replicate is folded over or backward; folded back upon itself while reduplicate is doubled.

As a noun replicate

is an outcome of a replication procedure.

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

    reduplicate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • doubled
  • (botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly
  • (botany) folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another
  • Verb

    (reduplicat)
  • (linguistics) To repeat a word or section of a word in order to form a new word or phrase, possibly with modification of one of the repetitions.