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Replicate vs Iteration - What's the difference?

replicate | iteration |

As nouns the difference between replicate and iteration

is that replicate is an outcome of a replication procedure while iteration is recital or performance a second time; repetition.

As a verb replicate

is to make a copy (replica) of.

As an adjective replicate

is folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

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.
  • 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

    iteration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Recital or performance a second time; repetition.
  • A variation or version.
  • The architect drafted several iterations of the floorplan before deciding on his final design.
  • * 2014 , "Jazz at Lincoln Center", Radio New Zealand Schedule for Saturday 6th December [http://www.radionz.co.nz/concert/schedules/20141206]
  • Still going strong in his ninth decade, Wein celebrates his 88th birthday behind the piano accompanied by the latest iteration of his band, the Newport All-Stars, featuring tenor saxophonist [...]
  • (computing) the use of repetition in a computer program, especially in the form of a loop
  • (computing) a single repetition of the code within such a repetitive process
  • The code calculates the appropriate value at each iteration .