Copy
Copy verb - To make an exact likeness of.
Quote
Quote verb - To say after another.
Usage example: don't quote this to anyone, but I think we're going to Veracruz for winter vacation
Common collocations
| character | copy character | quote character |
| someone | copy someone | quote someone |
| characters | copy characters | quote characters |
| times | copy times | quote times |
Both words in one sentence
- It's OK to copy the current page quote in an example, if that's the best way to illustrate it, and then your example won't be broken if the page quote changes.
Source: Administrivia / Tips Worksheet -
Shortly after the above quote, Holly beams a hologramattic copy of the Space Corp Directives into Rimmer's hands, proving it does exist.
Source: Fictional Document -
Steve McQueen plays a bounty hunter in the 1980 film The Hunter where he gives Levar Burton, a fugitive who can't believe the guy can just up and grab him off the street, a copy of the quote from the U.S.
Source: Bounty Hunter
Cite this Source
Quote and Copy. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/quote
Copy & Quote. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/quote>.
Quote or Copy. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/copy/quote.
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