Recreate vs. Replicate

Recreateverb

(transitive) To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven.

Replicateverb

To make a copy (replica) of.

‘On entering a host cell, a virus will start to replicate.’;

Recreateverb

(reflexive) To enjoy or entertain oneself.

Replicateverb

(science) To repeat (an experiment or trial) with a consistent result.

Recreateverb

(intransitive) To take recreation.

Replicateverb

(obsolete) To reply.

Recreateverb

To create anew.

Replicatenoun

The outcome of a replication procedure; an exact copy or replica.

Recreateverb

To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.

‘Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than any.’; ‘St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge.’; ‘These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.’;

Replicatenoun

(music) A tone that is one or more octaves away from a given tone.

Recreateverb

To take recreation.

Replicateadjective

Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself.

‘a replicate leaf or petal’; ‘the replicate margin of a shell’;

Recreateverb

give new life or energy to;

‘A hot soup will revive me’; ‘This will renovate my spirits’; ‘This treatment repaired my health’;

Replicateverb

To reply.

Recreateverb

engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion;

‘On weekends I play’; ‘The students all recreate alike’;

Replicateadjective

Folded over or backward; folded back upon itself; as, a replicate leaf or petal; a replicate margin of a shell.

Recreateverb

give encouragement to

Replicateverb

bend or turn backward

Recreateverb

create anew;

‘she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting’;

Replicateverb

biology: reproduce or make an exact copy of;

‘replicate the cell’; ‘copy the genetic information’;

Replicateverb

make or do or perform again;

‘He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick’;

Replicateverb

make an exact copy of; reproduce

‘it might be impractical to replicate Eastern culture in the west’;

Replicateverb

(of genetic material or a living organism) reproduce or give rise to a copy of itself

‘interleukin-16 prevents the virus from replicating itself’; ‘in order to replicate, cells must make copies of their DNA’;

Replicateverb

repeat (a scientific experiment or trial) to obtain a consistent result

‘these findings have been replicated by Metzger and Antes’;

Replicateadjective

of the nature of a copy

‘a replicate Earth’;

Replicateadjective

of the nature of a repetition of a scientific experiment or trial

‘the variation of replicate measurements’;

Replicatenoun

a close or exact copy; a replica

‘young reptiles should not be considered merely small replicates of adults’;

Replicatenoun

a repeated experiment or trial

‘five replicates were performed per dilution’;

Replicatenoun

a tone one or more octaves above or below the given tone.