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Facsimile vs Specimen - What's the difference?

facsimile | specimen |

As nouns the difference between facsimile and specimen

is that facsimile is a copy or reproduction while specimen is an individual instance that represents a class; an example.

As a verb facsimile

is to send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

facsimile

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A copy or reproduction.
  • * 1990 , James M. Thompson, Twentieth Century Theories of Art (page 540)
    • To paraphrase the critic of the Times, if one may make the facsimile of a human being out of bronze, why not the facsimile of a Brillo carton out of plywood?
  • A fax, a machine for making and sending copies of printed material and images via radio or telephone network.
  • The image sent by the machine itself.

    • Synonyms

    * (copy) autotype, copy, reproduction * (machine) facsimile machine, fax, fax machine * (copy made by a facsimile) facsimile reproduction, fax

    Verb

    (facsimil)
  • To send via a facsimile machine; to fax.

    • Synonyms

    * fax, telefax

    specimen

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
    • early specimens of the art of Picasso
  • A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
  • An eligible man.
    • Examples:

    Related terms

    * species