Copy and Instance

Copy

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

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Instance and copy are semantically related in sample topic. In some cases you can use "Instance" instead a noun "Copy".

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Instance noun - One of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like.

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Copy and instance are semantically related in sample topic. Sometimes you can use "Copy" instead a noun "Instance".

known	known copy	known instance
good	good copy	good instance
particular	particular copy	particular instance
original	original copy	original instance
Other adjectives: straight, single, obvious, blatant, entire, real, bad, main, early, final, lesser, last, literal.

technique	copy technique	instance technique
characters	copy characters	instance characters

For instance, take this cover of Spoof which shows the characters holding a copy of that very comic, whose cover depicts them holding ... a copy of the very same comic (with the same cover).

Source: Droste Image
In the second, hilarious instance, Topher puts an exact copy of his brain into Victor.

Source: Literal Split Personality
In an instance of Chief Executive Meddling, Warner had the sequence removed from the film at Nixon's behest, though a surviving copy can be found on the DVD.

Source: Politically Correct History

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Instance and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/instance

Copy & Instance. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/instance>.

Instance or Copy. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/instance.

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