duplicate vs replicate
Definitions
verb
- make or do or perform again
- increase twofold
- duplicate or match
- make a duplicate or duplicates of
adjective
- identically copied from an original
- being two identical
noun
- a copy that corresponds to an original exactly
- something additional of the same kind
Examples
Based upon analysis of duplicate samples, reproducibility was better than 3% of the measured concentration of each element.
We also investigated a possible DMSO effect on the frequency of polyploid and endo-reduplicated cells by chromosome counting.
Arrangements in the upper line represent periods in which duplicated genes diverged.
Definitions
verb
- make or do or perform again
- reproduce or make an exact copy of
- bend or turn backward
Examples
The card game mentioning 'la garsa' is exactly what he is trying to replicate ... only the egret hasn't caught the fish in his mouth ....
Consumers remain hunkered down, and the Federal Reserve is nearly tapped out in providing monetary stimulus, so it can't replicate the sharp cuts in interest rates that gave the economy a big lift in the 1980s.
They typically etch chip designs onto a glass material called a photomask, which is then used to replicate the pattern onto silicon wafers.
