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Cope vs. Copy — What's the Difference?

Cope vs. Copy — What's the Difference?

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Cope

The cope (known in Latin as pluviale 'rain coat' or cappa 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour.

Copy

A thing made to be similar or identical to another
The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

Cope

To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success
Coping with child-rearing and a full-time job.

Copy

A single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue
The record has sold more than a million copies

Cope

To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them
"Facing unprecedented problems, the Federal Reserve of the early 1930s couldn't cope" (Robert J. Samuelson).
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Copy

Matter to be printed
Copy for the next issue must be submitted by the beginning of the month

Cope

To cover or dress in a cope.

Copy

A blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork
You need a stock of exercise copies, A4 refill pads, and maths copies
Examinees will not be allowed to take pens, copies, or water bottles inside the test centre

Cope

To provide with coping
Cope a wall.

Copy

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce
Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

Cope

A long ecclesiastical vestment worn over an alb or surplice.

Copy

Imitate the style or behaviour of
Lifestyles that were copied from Miami and Fifth Avenue
Art students copied from approved old masters

Cope

A covering resembling a cloak or mantle.

Copy

Hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter
This is Edwards, do you copy, over

Cope

A coping.

Copy

An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate
A copy of a painting.
Made two copies of the letter.

Cope

(intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
I thought I would never be able to cope with life after the amputation, but I have learned how to be happy again.

Copy

(Computers) A file that has the same data as another file
Stored on the server a copy of every document.

Cope

To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.

Copy

One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording
An autographed copy of a novel.

Cope

(falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.

Copy

Material, such as a manuscript, that is to be set in type.

Cope

(transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.

Copy

The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.

Cope

(intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.

Copy

Suitable source material for journalism
Celebrities make good copy.

Cope

(obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.

Copy

To make a reproduction or copy of
Copied the note letter for letter.
Copied the file to a disk.

Cope

(obsolete) To exchange or barter.

Copy

To follow as a model or pattern; imitate.

Cope

(obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.

Copy

To include as an additional recipient of a written communication
Please copy me when you reply to her.

Cope

(obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.

Copy

To make a copy or copies.

Cope

(obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Copy

To admit of being copied
Colored ink that does not copy well.

Cope

To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.

Copy

To hear clearly or understand something said by radio communication
Mayday. Do you copy?.

Cope

To silence or prevent from speaking.

Copy

The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.
Please bring me the copies of those reports.

Cope

(slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure the hopelessness or despair of existence.

Copy

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.
That handbag is a copy. You can tell because the buckle is different.

Cope

A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.

Copy

(journalism) The text that is to be typeset.

Cope

Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.

Copy

(journalism) A gender-neutral abbreviation for copy boy.

Cope

(literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.

Copy

The output of copywriters, who are employed to write material which encourages consumers to buy goods or services.

Cope

(construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.

Copy

(uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.
Submit all copy to the appropriate editor.

Cope

(foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.

Copy

A school work pad.
Tim got in trouble for forgetting his maths copy.

Cope

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Copy

A printed edition of a book or magazine.
Have you seen the latest copy of "Newsweek" yet?
The library has several copies of the Bible.

Cope

A covering for the head.

Copy

Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.

Cope

Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

Copy

(obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.
His virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Cope

An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions.
A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes.

Copy

(obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.

Cope

An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.

Copy

(obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease

Cope

The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold.

Copy

(genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.

Cope

To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.
Some bending down and coping toward the earth.

Copy

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.
Please copy these reports for me.

Cope

To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk).

Copy

(transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).
Make sure you copy me on that important memo.

Cope

To exchange or barter.

Copy

To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.
First copy the files, and then paste them in another directory.

Cope

To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
Horatio, thou art e'en as just a manAs e'er my conversation coped withal.

Copy

(transitive) To imitate.
Don't copy my dance moves.
Mom, he's copying me!

Cope

To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; - usually followed by with.
Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens.

Copy

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.
Do you copy?

Cope

To bargain for; to buy.

Copy

An abundance or plenty of anything.
She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus.

Cope

To make return for; to requite; to repay.
Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew,We freely cope your courteous pains withal.

Copy

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.
I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original.

Cope

To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
I love to cope him in these sullen fits.
They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down.

Copy

An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

Cope

Brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

Copy

That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.
Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters.

Cope

Come to terms or deal successfully with;
We got by on just a gallon of gas
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Copy

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

Copy

A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper.

Copy

Copyhold; tenure; lease.

Copy

To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; - often with out, sometimes with off.
I like the work well; ere it be demanded(As like enough it will), I'd have it copied.
Let this be copied out,And keep it safe for our remembrance.

Copy

To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.
We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation.

Copy

To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

Copy

To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.
Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things.

Copy

A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

Copy

A secondary representation of an original;
She made a copy of the designer dress

Copy

Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

Copy

Material suitable for a journalistic account;
Catastrophes make good copy

Copy

Copy down as is;
The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over

Copy

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks;
The mime imitated the passers-by
Children often copy their parents or older siblings

Copy

Biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of;
Replicate the cell
Copy the genetic information

Copy

Make a replica of;
Copy that drawing
Re-create a picture by Rembrandt

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