Original
Original noun - Something from which copies are made.
Usage example: please make copies to hand out, but keep the original
Replica
Replica noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Usage example: assembled a small-scale replica of the Queen Mary ocean liner
Nearby Words: replicate, replication
Both words in one sentence
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Eventually, one or both will die, and their fonons merge, creating an individual with the memories of both the original and the replica.
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Shulk from Xenoblade, by the blue Laser Blade of the Monado (both the original and the replica) and, specially, the intense blue glow of his eyes each time he has a vision of the future.
Source: Blue Is Heroic - Tales of the Abyss has Luke fon Fabre (both original and replica models), who is informed that he is a chosen hero Because Destiny Says So, but not what the consequences of his actions will be.
Source: It Sucks to Be the Chosen One
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Replica and Original. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/original/replica
Original & Replica. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/original/replica>.
Replica or Original. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/original/replica.
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