Copy and Design

Copy

Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Design and copy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Design" instead the word "Copy" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Design noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

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Copy and design are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Copy" instead the word "Design" as a noun or a verb.

human	human copy	human design
old	old copy	old design
good	good copy	good design
female	female copy	female design
Other adjectives: physical, exact, particular, identical, original, simple, actual, entire, bad, new, early, improved, mechanical, final.

character	copy character	design character
form	copy form	design form
parts	copy parts	design parts
way	copy way	design way
Other words: spell, characters, technology, weapon, version, items, weapons.

It was similar story in Britain, although they opted for an adapted design rather than a copy.

Source: Boring But Practical / Real Life
A similar phenomenon in art and graphic design is the Droste effect, where a picture includes a smaller copy of itself, that copy has a smaller copy of itself, and so on.

Source: Recursive Reality
He uses his magic gauntlet to create enchanted arrows, similar to a Quincy, which is appropriate, considering his original character design was a carbon copy of Bleach's Uryu Ishida.

Source: Archer Archetype

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