Duplicate vs Incarnation - What's the difference?
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being the same as another; identical. This may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.
to make a copy of
to do repeatedly; to do again
to produce something equal to
One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
* Sir W. Temple
(legal) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original.
The game of duplicate bridge.
* 1999 , Matthew Granovetter, Murder at the Bridge Table (page 6)
The game of duplicate Scrabble.
An incarnate being or form.
* Jeffrey
* F. W. Robertson
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, title= A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
An assumption of human form or nature.
A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like
The act of incarnating.
The state of being incarnated.
(obsolete) A rosy or red colour; flesh colour; carnation.
(medicine, obsolete) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.
Duplicate is a related term of incarnation.
As an adjective duplicate
is being the same as another; identical this may exclude the first identical item in a series, but usage is inconsistent.As a verb duplicate
is to make a copy of.As a noun duplicate
is one that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.As a proper noun incarnation is
(christianity) the doctrine that the second person of the trinity assumed human form in the person of jesus christ and is fully divine and fully human.duplicate
English
Adjective
(-)- This is a duplicate entry.
Verb
(duplicat)- If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?
- You don't need to duplicate my efforts.
- He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife.
See also
* repeatNoun
(en noun)- This is a duplicate , but a very good replica.
- I send a duplicate both of it and my last dispatch.
- (Burrill)
- The momentary madness which infects bridge players occurs frequently at rubber bridge and duplicate ; and though it rarely results in murder, it often terminates marriages and close friendships
Synonyms
* reproductionincarnation
English
Noun
(en noun)- She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- The very incarnation of selfishness.
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