Replicate vs Reduplicate - What's the difference?
replicate | reduplicate |
To make a copy (replica) of.
(label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
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(botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
doubled
(botany) valvate with the margins curved outwardly
(botany) folded, with the abaxial surfaces facing one another
(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.
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)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