Copy and Spare

Copy

Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: a copy of the famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware”

Spare and copy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spare" instead a noun "Copy".

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Spare

Spare noun - An interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original.
Usage example: we promptly replaced the burnt-out lightbulb with a spare

Copy and spare are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Copy" instead a noun "Spare".

Nearby Words: spar, sparing, spared, sparely

Common collocations

soul copy soul spare soul
character copy character spare character
people copy people spare people
someone copy someone spare someone
Other words: characters, opponent, player, humans, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Dead Space 3 Have a spare rotator cuff to rebuild it if you made a blueprint copy?
  • Film / A.I.: Artificial Intelligence Granted, it's obvious that David isn't coming back and probably wasn't even imprinted (he behaves as David did before his own imprinting), but you'd think Hobby would at least care that David just beat another copy of himself into spare parts in a jealous rage.
  • Killed Off for Real Maybe resurrection is commonplace or some sort of magical alternate universe has a spare copy to borrow.
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