Alias vs. Duplicate — What's the Difference?

An assumed name

Identically copied from an original.

(Computers) An alternate name or address, especially an email address that forwards incoming email to another address.

Existing or growing in two corresponding parts; double.

(Electronics) A false signal in telecommunication links from beats between signal frequency and sampling frequency.

Denoting a manner of play in cards in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end

Also known as; otherwise

An identical copy; a facsimile.

Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.

One that corresponds exactly to another, especially an original.

(legal) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful

(Games) A card game in which partnerships or teams play the same deals and compare scores at the end.

Another name; an assumed name.

To make an exact copy of.

(legal) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

To make twofold; double.

(computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.

To make or perform again; repeat

(signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

To become duplicate.

(computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.

Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.

To become indistinguishable

(games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.

Otherwise; otherwise called; - a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.

(transitive) To make a copy of.

A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

(transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again.

A name that has been assumed temporarily

(transitive) To produce something equal to.

As known or named at another time or place;

One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.

(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

A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.

(uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge.

(uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble.

A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.

Double; twofold.

That which exactly resembles or corresponds to something else; another, correspondent to the first; hence, a copy; a transcript; a counterpart.

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.

To double; to fold; to render double.

To make a duplicate of (something); to make a copy or transcript of.

To divide into two by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, infusoria duplicate themselves.

Something additional of the same kind;

A copy that corresponds to an original exactly;

Make or do or perform again;

Duplicate or match;

Make a duplicate or duplicates of;

Increase twofold;

Identically copied from an original;

Being two identical