Replicate vs Repeat - What's the difference?
replicate | repeat |
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.
(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
In obsolete terms the difference between replicate and repeat
is that replicate is to reply while repeat is to make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.As verbs the difference between replicate and repeat
is that replicate is to make a copy (replica) of while repeat is to do or say again (and again).As nouns the difference between replicate and repeat
is that replicate is an outcome of a replication procedure while repeat is an iteration; a repetition.As an adjective replicate
is folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.replicate
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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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English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.
