Replicate vs Alter - What's the difference?
replicate | alter |
To make a copy (replica) of.
(label) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.
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, title= (label) To reply.
(botany, zoology) Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.
To change the form or structure of.
* Bible, Psalms lxxxix. 34
* Shakespeare
* Alexander Pope
To become different.
To tailor clothes to make them fit.
To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
(obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.
As adjectives the difference between replicate and alter
is that replicate is (botany|zoology) folded over or backward; folded back upon itself while alter is .As a verb replicate
is to make a copy (replica) of.As a noun replicate
is an outcome of a procedure.replicate
English
Verb
(en-verb)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.}}
Adjective
(en adjective)- a replicate leaf or petal
- the replicate margin of a shell
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Alternative forms
* altre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
- No power in Venice can alter a decree.
- It gilds all objects, but it alters none.
- (Milton)