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Depict vs Replicate - What's the difference?

depict | replicate |

As verbs the difference between depict and replicate

is that depict is to render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means while replicate is to make a copy (replica) of.

As adjectives the difference between depict and replicate

is that depict is (obsolete) depicted while replicate is (botany|zoology) folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

As a noun replicate is

an outcome of a procedure.

depict

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
  • * 1984 , Lawrence Starr, "Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess," American Music , vol. 2, no. 2, p. 27,
    • The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man.
  • * 1987 , Niall O'Loughlin, "Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar," The Musical Times , vol. 128, no. 1734, p. 443,
    • Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows.
  • * 1994 , E. Pennisi, "Breathe (xenon) deeply to see lungs clearly," Science News , vol. 146, no. 5, p. 70 (caption),
    • False-color computer images depict lungs removed from a mouse.

    Usage notes

    * The subjects of the verb include words, music and images.

    Synonyms

    * portray, supply, figure, express, exhibit, register, show, return, establish, shew, deliver, present, read, indicate, evidence, point, record, testify, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, usher, give, envision, turn in, designate, limn, show up, render, evince, provide, prove, image, yield, demonstrate, fork out, draw, visualise, generate, describe, interpret, project, submit

    Related terms

    * depiction

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Depicted.
    • (Lydgate)

    replicate

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make a copy (replica) of.
  • (label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-21, volume=411, issue=8892, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • (label) To reply.

    • Related terms

    * replica * replicability * replicant * replication * replicative * replicator * reply

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • an outcome of a procedure.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
    • a replicate leaf or petal
    the replicate margin of a shell

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