Clone
Clone noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: the car is a clone under a different brand name—it's even manufactured in the same plant as its cousin
Fake and clone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fake" instead the word "Clone" as a noun or a verb.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In Jackie Chan Adventures, when Jackie is in the same room as a clone, Jade figures out the fake by asking if she can go to a theme park; the fake says yes, while the real one replies no.
Source: Out-of-Character Alert -
Fake Memories: The Migou made the Nazzadi think that they were millennia-old galactic conquerors instead of a newly-made clone race.
Source: Tabletop Game / Cthulhu Tech - White make a robot clone of Johnny, and the others can't figure out which is the fake.
Source: Something Only They Would Say
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