Replication vs Translation - What's the difference?
replication | translation |
Process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced.
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Copy; reproduction.
(legal) A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea.
(biology) The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules.
(label) The act or (label) an act of translating, in its various senses:
# The conversion of text from one language to another.
# The conversion of something from one form or medium to another.
# (label) A motion or compulsion to motion in a straight line without rotation or other deformation.
# (label) The process whereby a strand of mRNA directs assembly of amino acids into proteins within a ribosome.
# A transfer of motion occurring within a gearbox.
# The conveyance of something from one place to another, especially:
## (label) An ascension to Heaven without death.
## (label) A transfer of a bishop from one diocese to another.
## (label) A transfer of a holy relic from one shrine to another.
## (label) A transfer of a disease from one body part to another.
(label) The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
As nouns the difference between replication and translation
is that replication is replication, duplication while translation is translation parallel displacement (motion without deformation or rotation).replication
English
Noun
(en noun)- DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule.
- That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting.