Move vs. Copy — What's the Difference?

To change in position from one point to another

A thing made to be similar or identical to another

To follow a specified course

A single specimen of a particular book, record, or other publication or issue

To change posture or position; stir

Matter to be printed

To start off; depart

A blank booklet or notebook used for schoolwork

(Games) To change position on a board in a board game.

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce

To go from one residence or location to another; relocate

Imitate the style or behaviour of

(Linguistics) To be copied or moved by means of a movement transformation to a new position in syntactic structure.

Hear or understand someone speaking on a radio transmitter

To progress in sequence; go forward

An imitation or reproduction of an original; a duplicate

To progress toward a particular state or condition

(Computers) A file that has the same data as another file

To be disposed of by sale

One example of a printed text, picture, film, or recording

To be put in motion or to turn according to a prescribed motion. Used of machinery.

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

To exhibit great activity or energy

The words to be printed or spoken in an advertisement.

To initiate an action; act

Suitable source material for journalism

To be active in a particular environment

To make a reproduction or copy of

To stir the emotions

To follow as a model or pattern; imitate.

To make a formal motion in parliamentary procedure

To include as an additional recipient of a written communication

To evacuate. Used of the bowels.

To make a copy or copies.

To change the place or position of

To admit of being copied

To cause to go from one place to another

To hear clearly or understand something said by radio communication

(Games) To change (a piece) from one position to another in a board game

The result of copying; an identical duplicate of an original.

To change the course of

An imitation, sometimes of inferior quality.

To cause to progress or advance

(journalism) The text that is to be typeset.

To dislodge from a fixed point of view, as by persuasion

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

To prompt to action; rouse

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

To arouse the emotions of; affect or stir.

(uncountable) The text of newspaper articles.

To cause to function

A school work pad.

To cause to progress or advance

A printed edition of a book or magazine.

To propose or request in formal parliamentary procedure

Writing paper of a particular size, called also bastard.

To make formal application to (a court, for example).

(obsolete) That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example.

To dispose of by sale

(obsolete) An abundance or plenty of anything.

To cause (the bowels) to evacuate.

(obsolete) copyhold; tenure; lease

The act or an instance of moving.

(genetics) The result of gene or chromosomal duplication.

A particular manner of moving

(transitive) To produce an object identical to a given object.

A change of residence or location.

(transitive) To give or transmit a copy to (a person).

An act of transferring a piece from one position to another in board games.

To place a copy of an object in memory for later use.

The prescribed manner in which a piece may be played.

(transitive) To imitate.

A participant's turn to make a play.

(radio) To receive a transmission successfully.

An action taken to achieve an objective; a maneuver

An abundance or plenty of anything.

(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

(intransitive) To act; to take action; to begin to act

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.

(intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and live at another place. See also move out and move in.

That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another

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

To transfer (a piece) from one space or position on the board to another.

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

(transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

Copyhold; tenure; lease.

(transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion, to excite (for example, an emotion).

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.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit

To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a complaint).

To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue); to make a proposal to.

To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

To apply to, as for aid.

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

To request an action from the court.

A secondary representation of an original;

To bow or salute upon meeting.

Matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials

To sell or market (especially physical inventory or illicit drugs).

Material suitable for a journalistic account;

The act of moving; a movement.

Copy down as is;

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

Reproduce someone's behavior or looks;

A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, etc.

Biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of;

The event of changing one's residence.

Make a replica of;

A change in strategy.

A transfer, a change from one employer to another.

(board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules of the game.

A round, in which each player has a turn.

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another on a playing board, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion.

To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

To apply to, as for aid.

To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another; as, a ship moves rapidly.

To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter.

To change residence; to remove, as from one house, town, or state, to another.

To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of the game.

The act of moving; a movement.

The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game; also, the opportunity or obligation to so move a piece; one's turn; as, you can only borrow from the bank in Monopoly when it's your move.

An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.

The act of deciding to do something;

The act of changing your residence or place of business;

A change of position that does not entail a change of location;

The act of changing location from one place to another;

(game) a player's turn to move a piece or take some other permitted action

Change location; move, travel, or proceed;

Cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense;

Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion;

Change residence, affiliation, or place of employment;

Follow a procedure or take a course;

Be in a state of action;

Go or proceed from one point to another;

Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action);

Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon;

Give an incentive for action;

Arouse sympathy or compassion in;

Dispose of by selling;

Progress by being changed;

Live one's life in a specified environment;

Have a turn; make one's move in a game;

Propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting