Copy and Variant

Copy

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

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

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

Variant noun - Something a little different from others of the same type.

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Copy and variant are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Copy" instead a noun "Variant".

Nearby Words: variation, variance, variability

known	known copy	known variant
human	human copy	human variant
good	good copy	good variant
female	female copy	female variant
Other adjectives: full, particular, original, straight, actual, dark, new, lesser, literal.

The original Prince of Persia had manual-based copy protection which set several apparent vials of poison over which hovered several different letters; a variant of the "Page/Line/Word" index.

Source: Copy Protection
The Pinstar conversion kit Gamatron is essentially a copy of Stern Electronics' Flight 2000, using the same software and a minor variant of the playfield.

Source: Alternate Company Equivalent
A variant in some older British school stories is that the offender is made to copy out lines of poetry.

Source: Writing Lines

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