Clone and Fake

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.

Nearby Words: cloned, cloning

Fake

Fake noun - An imitation that is passed off as genuine.

Clone and fake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clone" instead the word "Fake" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: faked, faking, faker

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.
  • Tabletop Game / Cthulhu Tech Fake Memories: The Migou made the Nazzadi think that they were millennia-old galactic conquerors instead of a newly-made clone race.
  • White make a robot clone of Johnny, and the others can't figure out which is the fake.
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